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Tephrocybe osmophoraPhoto:Back to the BAP list |
DescriptionGeneral: Small grey-brown delicate agaric, with somewhat depressed cap, concolorous gills and grey- brown stem; solitary or in small trooping groups, on soil in broad-leaf woods.Dimensions: Cap 1.8-2.5cm dia; stem 3-3.5 cm tall x 0.2-0.5cm dia. Cap: Dark greyish-brown to leather-ochre with olivaceous tinges; grey-brown when dry, at first convex becoming flattened and depressed or umbilicate at the centre, dull, dry, smooth; flesh thin. Gills: Pallid cap-coloured or dark grey-brown, somewhat decurrent. Stem: Concolorous with cap, smooth, equal, ring absent; flesh cartilaginous, hollow. |
Spores: Hyaline, smooth, ellipsoidal, non-amyloid, 4-5 x 2.5-3.0 µm. Basidia 4 spored; cystidia absent. Odour: Sweetish plummy or floral. Taste: Not Distinctive. Chemical Tests: None. Occurrence: Autumn to early Winter. |
| Qualifying criterion: 4.6: very rare saprotrophic species |
| Justification: known from a single post-1960 site |
| Threats: site threatened and subject to localised destruction, litter disturbance through recreational use |
| Action Required: Survey and monitoring; protection against habitat loss and degradation; ecological assessment. |
Statistics:UK (excluding NI & CI) fungus records |
Total records: 5 |
| Earliest recording: 1950 | |
| Latest recording: 1987 | |
| Vice Counties and (frequency): 17(5) | |
| Pre-1960: 2 records | |
| NBN Gateway grid map | Post-1960: 3 records |