Dermoloma cuneifolium or D magicum?

[SheffieldLass]

I found a few Dermoloma last week.


With non-amyloid spores, and of the right size I decided they were the most common ones, Dermoloma cuneifolium.

I went back this week and there were some more, with various degrees of blackening. So I picked a few and looked to see if the stem went reddish on handling and whether they blackened in the way that I've had some D magicum do before.
Well the stems did bruise reddish, but the specimens I took home haven't extended their blackishness as much as I'd hoped, to be reasonably sure that they are D magicum.


There were quite a few as black as the last one - and there weren't any blackening waxcaps in the vicinity last week, so I don't think they are H conica remants .

Looking back at the ones from last week you can see that there was some reddening on the stem were I handled them, but they did not blacken. They were in the very same area as those of this week. So I think they will be the same ...

I've had D cuneifolium that do blacken with normal weathering. so with these I'm really not sure whether they are D cuneifolium or D magicum, or even whether they are possibly one and the same thing, and not distinct species ....

Any thoughts on this?

Melanie