Entoloma bloxamii s. lat., (big blue pinkgills)


19 Oct 1999 at OSGR: SU46 in Berks, England

Record Summaryamongst mown gorse
Found asFruitbody
Date19 October 1999
OS grid refOSGR: SU46
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher19 Oct 1999[B]
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Notes:

Smell: strongly mealy, more so on cutting.

Spore print: dark "Clay pink"

Spores: 9-10/7-9.5µm, isodiametric, rounded-polygonal, mostly appearing about 7-sided.

Basidia: 4-spored.

Gill edge: fertile.

Cap cuticular hyphae: c. 5µm diam, clamped with intracellular pigment and some encrustation.

With the large spores this is probably true E. bloxamii.

The following literature was used to identify this find:

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