Myxomphalia maura

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By Roger Phillips

Published 2006

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Myxomphalia maura (Fr.) Hora syn. Omphalina maura (Fr.) Quél syn. Mycena maura (Fr.) Kühner (illustrated 50% life size) Cap 1–3cm across, hemispherical to convex with the centre depressed; dark grey-brown, drying paler and shiny. Stem 20–40×2–4mm; paler than cap or concolorous. Flesh white to greyish; smell not distinctive. Gills adnate-decurrent; whitish to pale grey. Spores 5–6.5×3.5–4.5¼, broadly ellipsoid; amyloid. Spore print white. Cheilo- and pleurocystidia fusoid or cylindrical, thin-walled, hyaline. Habitat on burnt ground in conifer woods; autumn. Uncommon. Unknown edibility.