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Agrocybe praecox (Pers.) Fayod, 1889 (Spring Fieldcap)

Date: 26 April 1999
Location: Berks, England
Voucher: 26/04/1999[A]
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State: Fruitbody
Record Summary: in bark-chipped flower beds
Identification Notes: Clustered, caps up to 9cm diam.
Taste: mealy.
Spores: 8-10/5.5µm.
Spore print: Date Brown.

Images etc

magnified photograph Cap - before ring breaks 7 Kb 217 by 197 pixels
magnified photograph Cap - LS 500 by 276 pixels
magnified photograph Cap - young - underside 30 Kb 323 by 320 pixels
magnified photograph Cap - young - underside 500 by 498 pixels
magnified photograph Cap surface - close-up 21 Kb 498 by 375 pixels
magnified photograph Cap 17 Kb 378 by 399 pixels
magnified photograph Fruitbodies - side views 27 Kb 479 by 400 pixels
magnified photograph Fruitbody - before ring breaks - side view 8 Kb 172 by 346 pixels
magnified photograph Fruitbody - LS 15 Kb 296 by 410 pixels
magnified photograph Fruitbody - side view 17 Kb 247 by 412 pixels
magnified photograph Fruitbody - side view 13 Kb 275 by 405 pixels
magnified photograph Gills 30 Kb 355 by 373 pixels
magnified photograph Gills 500 by 215 pixels
microscope photograph Basidium and spore - magnified 2 Kb 68 by 148 pixels
microscope photograph Cheilocystidia - magnified 500 by 238 pixels
microscope photograph Pleurocystidia - magnified 500 by 383 pixels
microscope photograph Spores - magnified 27 Kb 295 by 334 pixels
microscope photograph Spores - highly magnified 17 Kb 360 by 246 pixels

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