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Lyophyllum favreiPhoto: Markus WilhelmBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Medium sized dark violet-grey agaric with tomentose cap, greenish-yellow gills and fibrillose stem; solitary or in small trooping groups on soil in coniferous and broad leaf woods.Dimensions: Cap 6-10cm dia; stem 5-7cm tall x 1.0-1.5cm dia. Cap: Dark violet-grey sometimes fading with ochre tinges, convex, becoming more flattened and irregular, dull, tomentose, margin long incurved; flesh: cream, reddening or blueing at first when cut then black, thin. Gills: Greenish-yellow, spotting reddish then dark brown when touched, adnexed, broad. Stem: Whitish with brownish-black fibrils, red then black when touched, solid; ring absent. |
Spores: Hyaline, smooth, broadly ellipsoid, 3.5-4.5 x 2-3 µm . Basidia 4 spored; cheilocystidia fusiform. Odour: Not Distinctive. Taste: Not Distinctive. Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Summer to autumn. |
| Qualifying criterion: 4.6: very rare species in the UK and with restricted European range |
| Justification: recorded from a single UK site currently threatened by inappropriate management |
| Threats: felling and other smaller scale local activities, recreational activities in the area |
| Action Required: Survey and monitoring, habitat protection against loss and degradation; liaison with site managers |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records |
Total records: 8 |
| Earliest recording: 1956 | |
| Latest recording: 1987 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 17(8) | |
| Pre-1960: 4 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 4 records |