Help with ID of unknown agaric

watsthat · #1 (**permalink**) 22-01-2009, 07:07 PM

I found this in early September last year, at Goathland on the North Yorkshire Moors. It was part of a scattered group, in woods, alongside a path. I`ve had a good think about it but cannot convincingly arrive at a genus. Any ideas anyone?

Cheers

Pete

leifus · #2 (**permalink**) 22-01-2009, 07:25 PM

i havent got my books to hand but it looks like a Hebeloma to me? Just a suggestion....

KeenTeen17 · #3 (**permalink**) 22-01-2009, 08:39 PM

did it smell of anything in particular?

mollisia · #4 (**permalink**) 22-01-2009, 09:42 PM

Hallo,

a Hebeloma with certainty, but the species in Hebeloma need micorscopical details in most cases.

It is not H. leucosarx/velutipes, as one could think because of the whitish-cream colour and the slender fruitbodies. Also it is not H. fragilipes. Those spüecies have a very fine stipe covering.
So probably it is H. crustuliniforme, although that usually is a much more robust species. But the colour and the strongly verrucose stipe apex are suggestive for it. The gills are beset with droplet, which is a good feature when they occure, but not significant when they are absent.
Microscopically crustuliniforme is one of the few species with indextrinoid spores in this group.

best regards,
Andreas

P.S.: The oak leave may also be seen as a hint towards H. crustuliniforme, becuase it is the main host for this species.