Record Summary | Group of 20 fruitbodies on bleached litter under Western Red Cedar |
Found as | Fruitbody |
Date | 31 October 2004 |
Associated organism | Thuja plicata |
OS grid ref | OSGR: SU57 |
Lat/Lon | 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W |
Vice County | Berks, VC no: 22 |
Country | England |
Voucher | 31 Oct 2004[B] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Cap - moist: weakly pellucid-striate at margin, centre umbilicate with a dark spot.
Cap - dry: opaque, whitish, BFF "milky coffee" spot in centre.
Stipe: darker from base.
Smell: weakly mealy on bruising.
Taste: weakly mealy.
FeSO4 on gills: no change.
Spore print: BFF "B". Non-amyloid.
Spores: cylindric ellipsoid, 6-8/4-4.5µm.
[ 'BFF' = British Fungus Flora colour chart ]The following literature was used to identify this find:
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