Record Summary | cluster of toadstools under Beech |
Found as | Fruitbody |
Date | 15 November 2009 |
Associated organism | Fagus sylvatica |
OS grid ref | OSGR: SU78 |
Lat/Lon | 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W |
Vice County | Oxon, VC no: 23 |
Country | England |
Voucher | 15 Nov 2009[B] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Cap margin with superfiicial hyphae and stipe with punctae (especially towards the apex) weeping yellow fluid which stains them yellow.
Stipe base+KOH: bright BFF "luteous".
Spore print: white, non-amyloid.
Spores: hyaline, smooth, broadly ellipsoid, 8-9.5/5-6µm.
Cells from stipe apical punctae: septate, clamped, hyaline, thin-walled cylindric hyphae; the apical few cells filled with bright yellow, granular, inclusions.
Specimen dried pale, without any dark discolouration.
[ 'BFF' = British Fungus Flora colour chart ]The following literature was used to identify this find:
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