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Merismodes anomala (Pers.) Singer, 1975 (a cyphelloid basidiomycete)

Date: 23 January 1999
Location: Berks, England
Voucher: 23/01/1999[C]
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State: Fruitbody
Record Summary: on bark on fallen Beech logs
Associated organism: on bark fallen log of Fagus sylvatica
Identification Notes: Spores: 8.5-10/5-5.5µm, oblong-reniform, contents granular.
Spore print: pinkish "D" - the same colour as the fruitbody, non-amyloid.
Marginal hairs: thick-walled, brown, unbranched, aseptate, smooth becoming scabrid and paler towards apex. Tips often swollen and hyaline, especially around rim of fruitbody.

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