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


18 Jan 2005 at OSGR: SP50 in Oxon, England

Record SummaryGrowing in short mown grass on lawn under Pine
Found asFruitbody
Date18 January 2005
OS grid refOSGR: SP50
Lat/Lon51° 50’ N, 1° 10’ W
Vice CountyOxon, VC no: 23
CountryEngland
Voucher18 Jan 2005[A]
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Notes:

Fair number of fruitbodies growing in small goups.

Smell: noticeable when picked.

Cap (dry) with a kid-glove feel and minutely wrinkling when pressed.

Spore print: white, amyloid.

Spores: 8-9.5/5.5-6µm.

Cheilocystidia: abundant, at least in places; tips long projecting (35µm) and very narrow (5µm tapering to 3µm), with repent crystal coating.

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