Plants and animals of Pointfield

Large fungus with slender stalk growing from well-rotted hardwood stump. Cap orange-brown, darker centrally and radially marked away from centre. 8 cm diameter; with slight umbo at centre; cap flesh thin. Gills adnexed-emarginate, white. Stalk hollow, slender, smooth; to 10 cm length and 4.5 mm diameter; smooth surfaced and without ring; base of stalk penetrating deep into log. Spore print white; no amyloid reacrtion. Spores rounded and smooth; 7.0-10.1 um (mean = 8.8 x 6.7 um, N = 19); Qav. = 1.3; no apiculus and no germ pore. No cystidia seen. Basidia with two horn-like sterigmata.

Growing from well-rotted hardwood stump in pond rockery.

Months observed