Tubaria furfuracea (Pers.) Gillet, (scurfy twiglet)


4 Nov 2003 at OSGR: SU78 in Oxon, England

Record Summaryon Beech mast on ground
Found asFruitbody
Date4 November 2003
Associated organismFagus sylvatica
OS grid refOSGR: SU78
Lat/Lon51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W
Vice CountyOxon, VC no: 23
CountryEngland
Voucher4 Nov 2003[A]
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Notes:

Cap: 18mm diam., pellucid-striate.

Gills: subdecurrent.

Stipe: 2mm diam, concolourous.

Spore print: BFF: "fulvous"

Cheilocystidia: lageniform-capitate to cylindric capitate, apex 5-8µm diam, length c. 50µm, clamped at base.

Spores: 7-8.5/4.5-5µm, ellipsoid.

Basidia: 4-spored.

Cap cuticle: filamentous: encrusted, sausage shaped cells 8-12µm diam, in skeins forming an open structure.

[ 'BFF' = British Fungus Flora colour chart ]

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