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.
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.