Rhodocollybia maculata (Alb. & Schwein.) Singer, (spotted toughshank)


26 Aug 2002 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Record Summarygrowing among Heather and birch
Found asFruitbody
Date26 August 2002
OS grid refOSGR: SU56
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher26 Aug 2002[A]
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Notes:

Among Calluna vulgaris near small Betula spp.

Smell: sweet, spicey.

Taste: slightly bitter.

Spore print: pinkish "F" (=pale pinkish "buff"), dextrinoid.

Cap: whitish developing "cinnamon" tones.

Spores: subspherical to lacrymiform, with single large oil drops.

No thick-walled resting spores seen in print.

Basidia: with basal clamps.

Gill trama of clamped cylindric hyphae.

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