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| Record Summary | 22 fruitbodies, scattered over about 5m, among Dwarf Gorse and Heather |
| Found as | Fruitbody |
| Date | 31 October 2005 |
| OS grid ref | OSGR: SU56 |
| Lat/Lon | 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W |
| Vice County | Berks, VC no: 22 |
| Country | England |
| Voucher | 31 Oct 2005[D] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
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Cap: BFF: "fulvous", strongly pellucid striate, striae darker, BFF: "snuff brown"; centre at first BFF: "brown vinaceous", becoming BFF: "snuff brown" as matures. Convex, centre depressed, becoming umbilicate and perforate with age.
Gills: adnate with decurrent tooth to emarginate; BFF: "vinaceous buff", edge granular cystidiate but more or less concolorous.
Stipe: silky-polished; BFF: "buff", slightly pale upwards, slightly darker below; with white basal tomentum.
Spore print: slightly pinkish BFF: "cinnamon".
Cap cuticle: filamentous, septate, non-clamped, end cells inflated, 80-120/10-18µm, with multi-vacuolar pigment.
Basidia: 4-spored, without clamps at base.
Spores: 11-12/8µm.
Cheilocystidia: abundant, hyaline, narrowly clavate, 65/10-15.5µm, much larger than basidia.
[ 'BFF' = British Fungus Flora colour chart ]The following literature was used to identify this find:
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