Plants and animals of Pointfield

Small dark Entoloma with small, sharply defined umbo and very thin and stiff stem. Cap 23x25 mm in diameter; smooth and dry; dark brown in colour with an almost black central umbo and obvious radial striae over outer part; umbo distinctly pointed and rim of cap turned down and slightly crenulated. Gills pinkish white in colour; emarginate to adnexed; gill edges frayed under magnification. Stem dark, very stiff but very slender; 50 x 2 mm; dark brown with prominent white lines running down most of its length; pruinose near cap but otherwise smooth.

Spore print dull orange. Spores angular with pointed apiculus; thick-walled; longer than wide; 8.2-10.0 x 5.2-6.5 um, mean = 9.3 x 6.1 um, N = 17; Q = 1.5. Cheilocystidia common, more or less cylindrical and sometimes with a separate cap. Caulocystidia present at top of stem.

Unimproved grass near Yew, Lawson Cypress and Wytch elm.