Galerina graminea (Velen.) Kühner, (turf bell)


17 Oct 2004 at OSGR: TF40 in Cambs, England

Record SummaryIn moss and grass
Found asFruitbody
Date17 October 2004
Associated organismPoaceae
OS grid refOSGR: TF40
Lat/Lon52° 40’ N, 0° 10’ E
Vice CountyCambs, VC no: 29
CountryEngland
Voucher17 Oct 2004[J]
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Notes:

Mycenoid.

Cap: hygrophanous, pellucid striate when moist.

Stipe: densely pilose at apex becoming less so downwards, but hairs visible for most of length; white woolly appressed tomentose at base and floccose up stipe to position where ring would be; striate in mid stipe.

Spore print: fulvous.

Basidia: 4-spored

Spores: ellipsoid-amygdaliform, pale brown under microscope, smooth,7-8.5/4.5-5µm.

Gill edge: with abundant cheilocystidia

Cheilocystidia: long necked, cylindric to capitate 2-4µm, often swollen below.

Caulocystidia: long necked, capitate.

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