Tubaria conspersa (Pers.) Fayod, (felted twiglet)


10 Nov 2014 at OSGR: SU00 in Dorset, England

Record Summarytroop of fruitbodies, on wood litter near cut Holly
Found asFruitbody
Date10 November 2014
OS grid refOSGR: SU00
Lat/Lon50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W
Vice CountyDorset, VC no: 9
CountryEngland
Voucher10 Nov 2014[A]
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Notes:

Spore print: BFF: "Buff", but slightly darker.

Spores: almost hyaline in water, amygdaliform, thin-walled, especially towards apex, with large oil drop, 7.5-9/5-6µm, cyanophilic.

Cap scales: tip of scale composed of loose skein of hyaline, branched, septate, clamped, fragile, filamentous hyphae 3-8µm diam. easily breaking at septa; bcoming more inflated towards base of scale (on cap) which consists of chains of inflated, broadly sausage-shaped to subglobse cells eg 40/25µm.

Gill edge: cheilocystidia; abundant, lining the gill edge, hyaline, lageniform, often with long appendage.

[ 'BFF' = British Fungus Flora colour chart ]

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