Smell faintly pepper-like;
In old-growth Picea forest on lime
Collection and photo © Alessandro Valdagni
Con basidios bispóricos y monospóricos.
En bosque de Pinus halepensis.
Voir Tricholoma stans
Deciduous forest (oak, hornbeam)
Single. On the ground, under hardwoods. Mossy woods.
There were more immature spores dropped in print than mature spores, and I initially thought I had some kind of cross contamination.
Spores:
(9.9)10.1-12.3(12.6)x(5.9)6.2-7.7(8.7)um
Q=(1.2)1.5-1.8(2);N=30
Me=11.3x6.8um;Qe=1.7
Broadly ellipsoid/fusiform, smooth, variable levels of dextrinoid.
Print: White.
Basidioles: flexouse, slightly irregular.
Basida: Clavate 4-sterigmate, clamped.
Hymenial cystidia: Not found.
Pileipellis: A cutis of hyaline hyphae.
Clamp connections: Found only in basida.
Taste and odor: Very disagreeable.
Ecology: Growing in a good-sized group under spruce.