Entoloma rugosum (Malençon) Bon, (a toadstool)


17 Oct 2005 at OSGR: SU56 in Berks, England

Record Summarytwo fruitbodies in short grass near Dwarf Gorse
Found asFruitbody
Date17 October 2005
OS grid refOSGR: SU56
Lat/Lon51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher17 Oct 2005[H]
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Notes:

Cap: conico-convex; radially innately fibrillose; white, tinged yellow towards centre.

Gills: arcuate decurrent.

Stipe: white, tinged yellow towards base, pruinose.

Spores: rounded polygonal, elongate, 9-9.5/6.5-7µm.

Cheilocystidia: hyaline, clavate, occasionally utriform.

Caulocystidia: abundant, hyaline, clamped at septa, cylindric (to 100/8µm) to capitate (to 10µm), occasionally utriform (to 56/10µm).

On the basis of spore shape this looks like E. rugosum.

The following literature was used to identify this find:

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