Macrocystidia cucumis
Check Trudell book at page 2243-144 and Arora Book at page 131 (in the key)
Note: can see the large cystidia
Growing in duff
under conifer next to a path
Gills are adnate
or notched
Spore Print is pinkish brown or redish brown
Size of spores
7 to 9 microns
by 3.5 to 4.5 microns
The pointy things are cystidia
This is looking at a
gill segment at 1000x.
Click on a thumbnail below to enlarge the image
Here are pictures of cystidia
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