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| Record Summary | under Beech |
| Found as | Fruitbody |
| Date | 20 October 2001 |
| Associated organism | Fagus sylvatica |
| OS grid ref | OSGR: SU67 |
| Lat/Lon | 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W |
| Vice County | Berks, VC no: 22 |
| Country | England |
| Voucher | 20 Oct 2001[J] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Cap: bright golden yellow, very slimy.
Stipe: with marginate bulb.
Flesh: very pale "lilac" in centre in upper stem, "straw" in cortex and bulb.
Mycelium: "straw"
Smell: sweet, Himalayan balsam ("honey").
Taste: cuticle tastes mild.
Spore print: "umber"
Cuticle: KOH+ blood red then purplish brown.
Basidia: 4-spored.
Gill edge fertile.
Spores: 15-17/8.5-9µm, ellipsoid-limoniform, rough on outline, roughly warty except plage.
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