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Psathyrella cortinarioides
P.D. Orton 1960
Basidiomycota > Agaricomycetes > Agaricales > Psathyrellaceae
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Bridgham, Stonehouse Farm TL9685Saxthorpe, Old Covert TG1133Surlingham TG3107

Summary

3 records from 3 different sites
Years (# of records): 1957 (1) 2024 (1) 2025 (1)
Months: JFMAMJJASOND
Association: Quercus
Substrates: mossy stump; soil
Finders: Jeremy Bartlett; Peter Orton
Identifier: NFSG DNA Team
Confirmers: None
Comments: 'Short, low quality ITS sequence not submitted to Genbank'; 'Two fruitbodies (just joined at base) on a low, small mossy (probably deciduous) stump next to a track through mixed woodland.'

Record Details

18/10/1957 Surlingham; TG3107; Quercus; Peter Orton
07/11/2024 Bridgham, Stonehouse Farm; TL9685; Quercus; soil; Jeremy Bartlett; NFSG DNA Team; "Short, low quality ITS sequence not submitted to Genbank"; DNA barcoded
; Additional NotesGrowing on soil, under oak trees (Quercus robur). Brown, hygrophanous cap with darker edge, light and then darker centre. White veil. White fibrillose stem. Largest (mature) fruitbody was measured: Cap diameter 26 mm. Stem 48 x 5 mm. Spores 7.25 – 8 x 4.5 – 4.75 um, cylindric-ellipsoid, weakly warted. Following barcoding, Yvonne Mynett re-examined all three of the fruiting bodies, confirming fibrillose veil, spores 7- 8 x 4 - 4.5 (oil immersion), clamps in the stem hyphae & cheilocystidia (but was unsure they all had pleurocystidia).

11/12/2025 Saxthorpe, Old Covert; TG116330; mossy stump; Jeremy Bartlett; NFSG DNA Team; "Two fruitbodies (just joined at base) on a low, small mossy (probably deciduous) stump next to a track through mixed woodland."; DNA barcoded; Lit. cited: 229
; Additional NotesMedium to large Psathyrella with large white veil patches on the edge of the pale brown, hygrophanous cap. White fibrous stem, slightly thickened towards base. Light brown spores. Smell perhaps slightly vinegary but very faint. Cap diameter 25 mm '& 26 mm, stems 40 x 5 mm '& 40 x 5 mm. Spores oblong to ellipsoid, some irregular in outline, pale brown 7 – 8 x 4 - 4.5. Basidia four-spored, 30 x 8. Pleurocystidia 40 x 15, mucronate. Two distinct types of cheilocystidia: scattered 41 x 14, mucronate (like pleurocystidia in shape) and numerous smaller 18 x 10. ITS barcode was short (170bp) and not submitted to Genbank.

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