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| Record Summary | 5 tatty fruitbodies, on one year old shredded broad-leaf wood |
| Found as | Fruitbody |
| Date | 23 October 2014 |
| Associated organism | Magnoliopsida |
| OS grid ref | OSGR: SU00 |
| Lat/Lon | 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W |
| Vice County | Dorset, VC no: 9 |
| Country | England |
| Voucher | 23 Oct 2014[C] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Spore print: white, amyloid.
Stipe scales: filamentous, pale sepia hyphae run up the stipe and terminate in a complex mass of short, mid-sepia cells. No basidia.
Basidia: 4-spored.
Cheilocystidia: cylindric, often capitate, sometimes with a septum.
Pleurocystidia: pointed, with swollen base (Urtica-hair-shaped), crystal-tipped, 60/10µm, tip 5µm wide.
Spores: hyaline in water, just slightly roughened on outline under 100x oil immersion, 7.5-8.5/4.5-5µm. In Melzer’s Iodine showing amyloid plagiar halo and warts.
Site revisited on 6 Nov 2014; several relatively fresh fruitbodies. More photos and specimens.
Microscopic examination of a couple of wood fragments showed they were broad-leaved.
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