Agrocybe pediades (Fr.) Fayod, (common fieldcap)


2 May 2004 at OSGR: TQ96 in West Kent, England

Record Summaryon soil near sheep dung
Found asFruitbody
Date2 May 2004
OS grid refOSGR: TQ96
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ E
Vice CountyWest Kent, VC no: 16
CountyKent
CountryEngland
Voucher2 May 2004[B]
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Notes:

Cap: yellow, tacky, but without peelable pellicle.

Taste: mealy.

Spores: 13/8µm.

Basidia: 4(3,2)-spored.

Cheilocystidia: utriform to narrowly cylindric, shape very variable, 30-33/12µm, or longer if narrow.

Cap cuticle: cellular but thin-walled and gelatinised so hard to see.

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