Hygrophoropsis rufa (D.A. Reid) Knudsen, (a false chanterelle)


23 Oct 2014 at OSGR: SU00 in Dorset, England

Record Summaryon one year old shredded conifer wood
Found asFruitbody
Date23 October 2014
Associated organismPinopsida
OS grid refOSGR: SU00
Lat/Lon50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W
Vice CountyDorset, VC no: 9
CountryEngland
Voucher23 Oct 2014[A]
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Notes:

Spore print: white, dextrinoid.

Cap cuticle of hyaline, clamped, filamentous hyphae, overlain with abundant short chains of clamped sausage-shaped cells, 10-20µm diam., with brown contents that form a trichoderm.

Spores: hyaline, 7-8/5µm, dextrinoid.

Site revisited on 6 Nov 2014; a lot of fresh fruitbodies. More photos and specimens.

Microscopic examination of a wood fragment showed it was coniferous (bordered pits)

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