Plants and animals of Pointfield

Disc wide domed to flat or slightly concave; pink-coloured with outer zone of radial bands that have a relatively few strong striae with 4-5 finer striae inbetween; edge crenulate with indentations coinciding with coarser striae; depressed centrally; rather sweet-smelling; hygrophanous, drying to a off-white. Gills off-white, decurrent, moderately dense with 4 size-cycles; no coloured edge, no gill mottling. Stem to 45 x 5.5 mm; pale, smooth, expanded at base; hollow with large lumen extending into cap. Spore print cream. Spores hyaline in KOH, brown in Metzer’s; ellipsoidal and more or less smooth; 6.3-8.0 x 3.5-4.0 um, mean = 6.9 x 3.8 um, N = 20; Q = 1.8. No cystidia seen.

Waxcap meadow near golden spires apple tree.