Psathyrella spadiceogrisea (Schaeff.) Maire, (spring brittlestem)


10 Oct 2004 at OSGR: TQ96 in West Kent, England

Record Summary3 fruitbodies in grass
Found asFruitbody
Date10 October 2004
Associated organismPoaceae
OS grid refOSGR: TQ96
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ E
Vice CountyWest Kent, VC no: 16
CountryEngland
Voucher10 Oct 2004[K]
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Notes:

Cap: pale buff, weakly expallent, not or only slightly pellucid striate, with veil remnants around margin.

Stipe: white, tomentose at base, striate at apex.

Gills: pale when young, subdistant, with decurrent tooth, edge not red-lined.

Basidia: 4-spored, 9µm diam.

Spore print: dark brown (BFF: "date brown")

Spores: 8-9/4-4.5µm. narrowly ellipsoid, slightly broader at base, with germ pore, brown sub micr., the longer spores slightly phaseoliform, but no wider than their shorter brethren.

Cheilocystidia: spheropedunculate to clavate.

Pleurocystidia: abundant, fusiform to utriform, thin-walled, without crystals or exudations.

[ 'BFF' = British Fungus Flora colour chart ]

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