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| Record Summary | 4 fruitbodies (2 buttons) in grass near small Hawthorn bush |
| Found as | Fruitbody |
| Date | 17 October 2005 |
| Associated organism | Crataegus monogyna |
| OS grid ref | OSGR: SU56 |
| Lat/Lon | 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W |
| Vice County | Berks, VC no: 22 |
| Country | England |
| Voucher | 17 Oct 2005[J] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Gills: BFF: "vinaceous brown", becoming BFF: "umber" as spores ripen.
Stem base: flesh turning yellow-tinged after cutting, but soon fading.
Smell: ink.
Spore print: BFF:cigar brown.
10% KOH: weakly yellow in stem base context, unchanging elsewhere (stem and cap, context and surface)
Basidia: 4-spored.
Gill edge: fertile, with a few clavate cells up to 13µm wide (basidiomes?), but no chains.
Spores: 6-8/5-6µm.
The fertile gill edge and fairly large spores indicate A. campestris. The specimens were a bit old so the reddening colour change had been lost, although the slight yellowing at the base of the stipe survived.
Quite a few cut-off and discarded stipe bases nearby showing the area had been worked by collectors.
[ 'BFF' = British Fungus Flora colour chart ]The following literature was used to identify this find:
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