Pluteus query

[alge]

Hello, can someone help refine this attempted i'd for me please. Phillips states that there are 34 Pluteus in G.B. He covers ten, most of my books have only five or six examples if any at all. I'm pretty convinced that I'm in the right territory but spore colour is throwing me.
Growing on a well composted stump covered in moss, my Geoff kibby book states that Pluteus are one of the few fruits to be seen during sustained dry period as the old stumps retain more moisture than the ground. This backs up my experience in the field of late.

Cap 6.5 cm D. and up to 1.5 cm thick. Convex outer cap, umbonate centre. Colour is a dark brown in the centre of the umbo to then becoming streaked towards the edges and lightening in shade. Flesh is white.
Gills are white with a light pink hue becoming darker pink, with some evidence they will go brown after that. I think i'm right in saying they are adnexed fronm the stipe.
Stipe is 6 cm long and 9mm at the bulbous base 7mm at the slightly bulbous top. Colour is whitish with brown vertical fibres which are less pronounced towards the top. Flesh is white and unchanging.
Spores are a mid brown - hazel colour, i have taken two spore prints one against white and one against a light tan, both came up with a brown spore colour (not the pink i was expecting) so here lies the end of my evidence and my query. I guess this is as far as i can go with limited text and no microscope but does anyone have either more questions i can answer, or have a gut feeling? Mine is that its Pluteus cervinus but the spore colour doesn't match so is that that then.




alex

[cybershot]

In FOS "the colour of the spores under the microscope is of spores in 3% KOH" and in the entry for Pluteus cervinus is described as gray-pink. However the spore print colour, determined from dry deposits and illustrated by means of a colour strip alongside the description, is designated reddish-ochre. So I wouldn't be swayed from your ID of Pluteus cervinus by the image of your spore print. All else fits perfectly.

David

[alge]

Thanks David, I shall not waver . gosh i wish i had a spare thou or so to invest in text and a microscope . I really do appreciate the cross referencing done by yourself and others.

regards Alex