Plants and animals of Pointfield

Small darkish fungus growing from twigs in leaf litter. Cap to 5 mm in diameter; bell-shaped, dull brown in colour with dark and light radial banding round outer part; smooth and dry. Gills white, adnexed to emarginate. Stalk slender, 35 x 1-2 mm; grey and smooth above, pale blue towards base where there is a mass of spike-like hyphae. Spores ovate with prominent offset apiculus and containing oil droplets; 8.0-10.3 x 4.7-6.0 um mean = 9.2 x 5.3, N = 13; Qav = 1.75; very weakly granular surface; amyloid in Metzer's. Cheilocystidia abundant, clavate, oten with on small finger-like projection.

Growing from twiglet (acorn stalk) in leaf litter under hedge by oak tree.