Crepidotus mollis (Schaeff.) Staude, (peeling oysterling, soft slipper toadstool)


12 Oct 2014 at OSGR: SU20 in South Hants, England

Record Summarylarge caps on ?willow stump
Found asFruitbody
Date12 October 2014
Associated organism?Salix
OS grid refOSGR: SU20
Lat/Lon50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W
Vice CountySouth Hants, VC no: 11
CountryEngland
Voucher12 Oct 2014[B]
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Notes:

The large cap measures 10cm across.

Spore print: BFF "snuff brown", darker in Melzer’s Iodine.

Cap cuticle: sparse, superficial, radiating, chains of zebrate-encrusted, round-ended, cylindric cells upto 100/5-12µm. over a gelatinous subcutis comprised of narrow, thin-walled hyphae in a gelatinous matrix.

Gill edge: gelatinised, separable, sterile, covered with cheilocystidia.

Cheilocystidia: cylindric, clamped at base.

Spores: smooth, mostly with a large oil drop, 7-8/4.5-5.5µm.

[ 'BFF' = British Fungus Flora colour chart ]

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