Volvariella caesiotincta P.D. Orton, (a rosegill)


19 Oct 2000 at OSGR: SU57 in Berks, England

Record Summary

On the ground (buried wood?)

Found asFruitbody
Date19 October 2000
OS grid refOSGR: SU57
Lat/Lon51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher19 Oct 2000[MWS 19/10/00 [A]]
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Notes:

Smell: unpleasant, Pelargonium, quite strong; becoming sweet while fungus dried.

Gill edge lined with broadly clavate hyaline cheilocystidia (46-67/28-45µm) intermixed with a few lageniform ones; away from the gill edge there are more lageniform cystidia.

Spores: 6.5-7.5/4-4.5µm

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