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Originally described from California,
this slender and leggy Psathyrella is the most common representative
of the genus in the local broadleaved and Eucalyptus forests. It can
get quite large in size. The veil remnants on the pileus margin (scarce in
most cases) and lack of pleurocystidia place it in subgen. Candolleana
(sensu A.H. Smith). The lamellae turning almost black at maturity and the
copious tomentum at the base of the stipe are good distinguishing field
characteristics. The picture above shows unusually yellow stipes in some
fruitbodies -- normally they are all white. |
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White tomentum at the base |
Spores: 8-13x7-10µ
hinting of some angularity |
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Cheilocystidia, clustered on the gill margin. Pleurocystidia,
not seen. |