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Cortinarius porphyropus (Alb. & Schwein.) Fr., 1838 (a toadstool)

Date: 28 October 1998
Location: Berks, England
Voucher: 28/10/1998[D]
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State: Fruitbody
Record Summary: under Oak
Associated organism: under Quercus robur
Identification Notes: Smell: honey.
Cap: viscid.
Cap flesh: red-brown with Melzer’s Iodine
Spores: 9-10.7/5-6µm, rough on outline and on fac
Spore print: pale umber
Basidia: 4-spored, a few 5-spored.
Gill edge: fertile

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magnified photograph Cap margin - close-up 19 Kb 438 by 213 pixels
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magnified photograph Cap 22 Kb 309 by 360 pixels
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magnified photograph Fruitbodies - LS 30 Kb 466 by 372 pixels
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magnified photograph Gills - close-up 49 Kb 498 by 414 pixels
magnified photograph Gills 25 Kb 319 by 314 pixels
microscope photograph Basidia 17 Kb 320 by 240 pixels
microscope photograph Basidia 15 Kb 320 by 240 pixels
microscope photograph Basidia 16 Kb 320 by 240 pixels
microscope photograph Fertile gill edge 6 Kb 182 by 128 pixels
microscope photograph Fertile gill edge 9 Kb 320 by 114 pixels
microscope photograph Spores 18 Kb 320 by 240 pixels
microscope photograph Spores 11 Kb 284 by 146 pixels

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