Macrocystidia cucumis

Check Trudell book at page 2243-144 and Arora Book at page 131 (in the key)
Note: can see the large cystidia



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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.

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Here are pictures of cystidia

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