Leucopaxillus giganteus (Sowerby) Singer, (giant funnel)


10 Sep 2009 at OSGR: TQ17 in Surrey, England

Record Summarylarge ring under various bushes
Found asFruitbody
Date10 September 2009
OS grid refOSGR: TQ17
Lat/Lon51° 30’ N, 0° 20’ W
Vice CountySurrey, VC no: 17
CountryEngland
Voucher10 Sep 2009[C]
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Notes:

Gills easily squashed (when they patchily bruise very slightly darker) and separated from cap. Gills unchanged with FeSO4.

Spore print: white, amyloid.

Gill edge fertile. Cystidia absent from a face and edge of gill.

Basidia: 4-spored.

Spores: hyaline, broadly ellipsoid, smooth, rather variable in size, 6-9.5(10.5)/4.5-5µm.

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