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| Record Summary | amongst mossy roots of leaning Oak |
| Found as | Fruitbody |
| Date | 28 September 2000 |
| Associated organism | Quercus robur |
| OS grid ref | OSGR: SU56 |
| Lat/Lon | 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W |
| Vice County | Berks, VC no: 22 |
| Country | England |
| Voucher | 28 Sep 2000[E] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Smell: not noticed at the time, but a recollection at same spot on 17/10/00 smelled fleetingly of rotten cabbage.
Spore print: "clay pink"
Basidia: 4-spored.
Basidiospores: 12-17/8-10µm
Gill edge: fertile, with occasional ellipsoid-lageniform cheilocystidia 38-50/18µm, some more cylindric
Hymenium with brown cylindric aborted/effete basidia; prep in water very messy with granular material.
Cap cuticle: 15-25µm wide chains of elliptical cells, with encrusting pigment, no clamps.
Stipe basal tomentum: encrusted hyphae, up to 6 septate, some capitate elements;
similar hairs at apex.
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