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Hygrocybe quieta (Kühner) Singer, 1951 (Oily Waxcap)

Date: 11 October 2006
Location: Stafford, England
Voucher: 11/10/2006[F]
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State: Fruitbody
Record Summary: in short acid grassland
Identification Notes: Cap: dry.
Stipe: dry.

Spores: oblong, many waisted, 7-9/4-4.5µm
Gill trama: short cells.

Images etc

naked eye photograph Cap margin - close-up - enlarged 500 by 333 pixels
naked eye photograph Fruitbody - lain down to show cap - on pale background 500 by 270 pixels
naked eye photograph Fruitbody - lain down to show gills - on pale background 500 by 291 pixels
naked eye photograph Gills and stipe apex - close-up - enlarged 333 by 500 pixels
naked eye photograph Stipe surface - close-up - enlarged 500 by 359 pixels
microscope photograph Gill trama squash - magnified 500 by 333 pixels
microscope photograph Spores - magnified 500 by 469 pixels
microscope photograph Spores - highly magnified 466 by 500 pixels

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