Amanita excelsa var spissa (Fr.) Neville & Poumarat, (grey spotted amanita)


20 Sep 2005 at OSGR: SU76 in North Hants, England

Record SummaryUnder Pine, oak nearby
Found asFruitbody
Date20 September 2005
OS grid refOSGR: SU76
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 0° 60’ W
Vice CountyNorth Hants, VC no: 12
CountryEngland
Voucher20 Sep 2005[C]
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Notes:

Smell: weakly radish on cutting.

Basidia: 4-spored.

Spore print: white to BFF "B", strongly amyloid.

Spores: broadly ellipsoid, some with single oil droplet, 9-10/6-7.5µm.

Cheilocystidia: globose, smooth, abundant.

Universal veil fragments: with cylindric hyphae and sphaerocysts

[ 'BFF' = British Fungus Flora colour chart ]

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