Melanoleuca exscissa var iris (Kühner) Boekhout, (a smoky cavalier)


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

Record Summary3 fruitbodies in grass
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[P]
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Notes:

Cap grey with white margin, reminiscent of Dermoloma in the field.

Smell: cyanic/burnt sugar/Scleroderma.

Spore print: white on grass, BFF: "C" on paper, amyloid.

Spores: 7.5-0/6-6.5µm, rough.

Cheilocystidia: 47/7.5µm, septate, with long narrow barbed apex.

Cap cuticle: filamentous.

[ 'BFF' = British Fungus Flora colour chart ]

The following literature was used to identify this find:

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