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Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat., 1900 (Dyer's Bracket)

Date: 31 October 1999
Location: Berks, England
Voucher: 31/10/1999[B]
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State: Fruitbody
Record Summary: under Pine
Associated organism: under Pinus
Identification Notes: Tomentum: yellow, turning deep purple with KOH and other alkalis (eg NH3 gas)
Spore print: buff (squashed), dextrinoid with Melzer's Iodine.
Spores: 7-10/3.8-4.7µm.
Continued growing after collection, so cut surfaces became yellow tomentose after a couple of days.

Images etc

naked eye photograph Cap surface - close-up 46 Kb 355 by 440 pixels
naked eye photograph Cap surface - close-up 500 by 349 pixels
magnified photograph Fruitbody - RS 31 Kb 417 by 310 pixels
naked eye photograph In situ - cap 500 by 299 pixels
naked eye photograph In situ - side view 500 by 283 pixels
magnified photograph Pore - near margin where they are merely dimples 56 Kb 435 by 495 pixels
magnified photograph Pore surface - near margin where pores are merely dimples 42 Kb 400 by 365 pixels
magnified photograph Pore surface 24 Kb 203 by 374 pixels
naked eye photograph Pore surface 500 by 375 pixels
naked eye photograph Pore surface 500 by 198 pixels
magnified photograph Pores - close-up 60 Kb 405 by 417 pixels
naked eye photograph Pores - close-up 500 by 362 pixels
microscope photograph Spores 11 Kb 290 by 261 pixels
microscope photograph Spores 10 Kb 386 by 214 pixels

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