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Agaricus silvaticus Schaeff., 1762 (Blushing Wood Mushroom)

Date: 24 October 2004
Location: Berks, England
Voucher: 24/10/2004[A]
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State: Fruitbody
Record Summary: At roadside, under oak, Beech, Holly
Identification Notes: Cap: dark brown, innately scaley, splitting towards margin to show white flesh beneath.
Ring: membranous, slightly double at first, but soon becoming simple.
Stipe: subbulbous to strongly bulbous, slightly shaggy towards base.
Flesh: strongly reddening on cutting.
Spores: 5.5-6.5/3-3.5µm
Cheilocystidia: clavate, abundant, up to 40/18µm, but mostly only 10-13µm diam.

Images etc

naked eye photograph Cap - in situ 500 by 437 pixels
naked eye photograph Caps - in situ 500 by 366 pixels
naked eye photograph Collection 500 by 345 pixels
naked eye photograph Collection 500 by 336 pixels
naked eye photograph Fruitbody - young and LS 500 by 331 pixels
naked eye photograph In situ - close-up 500 by 263 pixels
naked eye photograph In situ 500 by 333 pixels
naked eye photograph Lain down 367 by 500 pixels
naked eye photograph Ring - young 500 by 398 pixels
microscope photograph Cheilocystidia - magnified 71 Kb 481 by 479 pixels
microscope photograph Cheilocystidia in gill edge - magnified 500 by 265 pixels
microscope photograph Cheilocystidia in gill edge - magnified 500 by 441 pixels
microscope photograph Cheilocystidia in gill edge - magnified 500 by 292 pixels
microscope photograph Cheilocystidia in gill edge - magnified 500 by 223 pixels
microscope photograph Cheilocystidia in gill edge - magnified 500 by 176 pixels
microscope photograph Cheilocystidia in gill edge - magnified 500 by 247 pixels
microscope photograph Cheilocystidia in gill edge - magnified 500 by 186 pixels
microscope photograph Gill edge with cheilocystidia - magnified 500 by 308 pixels
microscope photograph Gill edge with cheilocystidia - magnified 500 by 321 pixels
microscope photograph Spores - magnified 500 by 463 pixels
microscope photograph Spores - highly magnified 51 Kb 467 by 476 pixels
microscope photograph Spores - highly magnified 500 by 410 pixels

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