More entolomas, not black this time ..

[SheffieldLass]

I'm just going through my records and have been double-checking ids before putting them onto my database.

This one was found late October 2008, in unimproved acid upland hygocybe pasture grassland / heath. I had keyed it out to Entoloma jubatum then, and I've redone the gill squash from the dried specimen, which luckily corrolates with my notes and I still think Entoloma jubatum is the most likely. But as the Entolomas are difficult, thought I'd ask to see whether I'm on the right track here.
By the way, quite a difference between the photographs of the cap when shaded from the sun and taken in the sun. It must be the way the micaceous bits reflect the light. The one in full sun is closer to the real ... the sheen was silvery, not blue. Spores 7.9-9.2 x 5.9-6.9um. Occasional clamps to the basidia.


cheilocystidia quite varied
spores

Then this one, found on the same site in October 2007. Macro photographs only plus notes of the spore size and shape, no dried specimen kept. I thought this was possibly Entoloma porphyrophaeum.



Spores were angular, irregular 9-12.5 x 5.3-7.5um. Smell mild pleasant. Close to Crataegus.

Melanie