Psathyrella ID Please!

[BROCSMAN]

Psathyrella microrhiza has gills "edge reddish in places" according to Courtecuisse. Could be a possibility.

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

I look forward to some stunners then mate!

I've had good word that this is possibly Mycena pelianthinum!

Any takers?

Nick
Not enough lamellae or lamellula for pelianthinum and should also have a darker stipe

Mal

[NickCantle]

Cheers mate- Does that stipe ring out Psathyrella to you?

[flaxton]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

Cheers mate- Does that stipe ring out Psathyrella to you?

Yes but thats as far as I would go

Mal

[NickCantle]

LOL that's good enough to warrant locking the image in a tight vault until we get a Monograph on the genus

Cheers Mal!

[NickCantle]

Right, to revive this thread, I've just spent two hours on the scope with one of these that I found today. I've had quite a good microscope session in that I've decided to take the plunge on a good microscope camera with a micrometer attached. Perhaps I'll hassle Rob about his as it seems to show excellent images- though most of that is down to his prep of slides I would assume.

Right, well I am still absolutely stumped. I have no decent literature and this is where I really am completely useless. I've nothing to refer to for features of microscopic info because I have no literature on the suspected genus, nor do I have a way of measuring spores which is limiting ability at the moment.

Anyway, see if any of you chaps and chapesses can make anything decent of these bloody terrible images.





These are a little better. I originally took some images of these to ask why they were appearing to split, but I later came to the conclusion that the brisk tap of the slide with the scalpel handle was perhaps, too brisk





Very odd translucent things which I first thought to be Cystidia, but later eradicated that thought upon examining a gill edge to discover many, many bottle shaped cheilocystidia.



Then this image made me (stupidly) think that the weird things might be basidia- seem to be some sort of spore attached in the fashion of what I'd expect to be a basidium. It may well be, but I doubt it- the spores are the wrong shape, colour and size- though if they're still attached to the basidium, they might not be developed.



All very odd, but very interesting.

Any takers on what anything means?

Nick

[Andy Overall]

Originally Posted by NickCantle

Right, to revive this thread, I've just spent two hours on the scope with one of these that I found today. I've had quite a good microscope session in that I've decided to take the plunge on a good microscope camera with a micrometer attached. Perhaps I'll hassle Rob about his as it seems to show excellent images- though most of that is down to his prep of slides I would assume.

Right, well I am still absolutely stumped. I have no decent literature and this is where I really am completely useless. I've nothing to refer to for features of microscopic info because I have no literature on the suspected genus, nor do I have a way of measuring spores which is limiting ability at the moment.

Anyway, see if any of you chaps and chapesses can make anything decent of these bloody terrible images.





These are a little better. I originally took some images of these to ask why they were appearing to split, but I later came to the conclusion that the brisk tap of the slide with the scalpel handle was perhaps, too brisk





Very odd translucent things which I first thought to be Cystidia, but later eradicated that thought upon examining a gill edge to discover many, many bottle shaped cheilocystidia.



Then this image made me (stupidly) think that the weird things might be basidia- seem to be some sort of spore attached in the fashion of what I'd expect to be a basidium. It may well be, but I doubt it- the spores are the wrong shape, colour and size- though if they're still attached to the basidium, they might not be developed.



All very odd, but very interesting.

Any takers on what anything means?

Nick

Can't help with the species Nick but great pics. What microscope do you have the moment?

Andy

[NickCantle]

Brunel SP40 Binocular Andy, though it really is done no justice through this camera. I'm after a Brunel camera for it really.