Pluteus petasatus (Fr.) Gillet, (scaly shield)


12 Sep 2006 at OSGR: SU47 in Berks, England

Record SummaryTwo fruitbodies on very rotten old birch stump
Found asFruitbody
Date12 September 2006
Associated organismBetula
OS grid refOSGR: SU47
Lat/Lon51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W
Vice CountyBerks, VC no: 22
CountryEngland
Voucher12 Sep 2006[D]
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Notes:

A white Pluteus with dark fibrils at centre of cap and base of stipe.

Spore print: BFF: pinkish "cinnamon".

Cap cuticle: filamentous, with occasional sphaeropedunculate cells,

Basidia: 4-spored.

Spores: 6-7(8)/4.5-5µm.

Pleurocystidia: 3-5 hooked at apex.

[ 'BFF' = British Fungus Flora colour chart ]

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