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Stropharia hornemanniiPhoto: Marek SnowarskiBack to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Medium-sized fleshy pale flesh to chestnut-brown cap, the margin often draped with velar remnants; solitary or in scattered groups on or around rotten coniferous wood and stumps.Dimensions: Cap 4-10cm dia; stem 4-8 cm tall x 1-2cm dia. Cap: Pallid flesh-coloured to chestnut-brown, convex becoming flattened with low flattish umbo, greasy, draped with velar remnants when young. Gills: Whitish becoming smoky-grey with violaceous tinges. Stem: White, scaly below the ring becoming more smooth when old ring pendulous. |
Spores: Purplish-brown, smooth, with germ pore, ellipsoidal, 10.5-13.0 x 5.5-7.0 µm. Basidia 4 spored; clavate cheilocystidia and lageniform chrysocystidia present. Odour: Not Distinctive. Taste: Not Distinctive. Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Autumn. |
| Qualifying criterion: 4.6: very rare species known only from 1 threatened UK site |
| Justification: single post-1960 record from a Scottish Caledonian pine wood |
| Threats: inappropriate management and overgrwoth |
| Action Required: Survey and monitoring; protection against habitat loss and degradation; ecological assessment especially at Abernethy and Rothiemurchus. |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records
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Total records: 1 |
| Earliest recording: undated | |
| Latest recording: 1983 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 96(2) | |
| Pre-1960: 1 records (tentative) | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 1 records |