Plants and animals of Pointfield

Grey cap to 30 mm diameter, low domed with inrolled margin and slight umbo; surface finely felted texture with radial streaks and dry, dark grey (almost black) centrally becoming a dull orange-brown towards rim. Flesh in cross-section white. Gills white to cream, quite dense with 3 cycles of gill length; emarginate; gill edges smooth. Stem brown with abundant white flecks/streaks, smooth; up to 30 x 5 mm; well-developed zone of white hyphae at base. Spore print white. No cystidia. Spores small, smooth, ovate; no germ pore; 4.7-6.2 x 2.8-3.4 um, mean = 5.2 x 3.0 um, N = 20; Qav = 1.70 (1.47-2.00). A member of the T. scalpturatum complex with narrow spores.

In grass path under walnut tree: clump of four individuals.

Months observed