Lepiota oreadiformis Velen., (a dapperling)


25 Oct 2005 at OSGR: SU46 in Berks, England

Record Summary6 fruitbodies, scattered over 10m, in species-rich grassland
Found asFruitbody
Date25 October 2005
OS grid refOSGR: SU46
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher25 Oct 2005[G]
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Notes:

Often rooting, or attached to evident white mycelium running through bleached litter.

Smell: weakly Scleroderma.

Spore print: white, dextrinoid.

Gill edge: infertile, covered with cheilocystidia.

Cheilocystidia: clavate to slightly pointed, 25/8-13µm.

Basidia: 4-spored.

Spores: narrowly ellipsoid-amygdaliform, 11-13/4.5-5µm.

Cap cuticle: central spot: a subhymeniform layer of erect clavate to capitate cells, overlain with superficial long cylindric, brownish cells.

mid radius: filamentous, repent, end cells of two sorts: short, hyaline, clavate to capitate, clamped cells, 25-40/8-12µm, overlain by long, narrow cylindric, thin-walled, pale brownish cells, 250-300/10-13µm.

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