Cortinarius callochrous var parvus (Rob. Henry) Brandrud, (a variety of webcap)


24 Sep 2008 at OSGR: SU78 in Oxon, England

Record Summaryunder Beech
Found asFruitbody
Date24 September 2008
Associated organismFagus sylvatica
OS grid refOSGR: SU78
Lat/Lon51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W
Vice CountyOxon, VC no: 23
CountryEngland
Voucher24 Sep 2008[B]
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Notes:

Cap: pale buff to pale saffron, without trace of blue. Cuticle peels easily and turns dark brick with KOH.

Stipe white, marginate bulbous; flesh tinged lilac, hardly darkening with KOH.

Basal bulb marginate, white with small chrome yellow patches, KOH reaction: dingy purple, brick or no reaction.

Gills: tinged lilac when young.

Young veil white (pinkish in basal gutter)

Spore print: BFF: fulvous

Spores: narrowly amygdaliform, apparently smooth, 9.5-11/5-6µm.

[ 'BFF' = British Fungus Flora colour chart ]

The following literature was used to identify this find:

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