jimmymac2

Only the cap is slimy, the stem as dry as possible for a fungus which is growing in what seems like the cloud forests right now. I’m doing a spore print.

Sorry – I’m a bit overdue with the spores! I have finally gotten round to looking at them. They are subspherical, 8.4-9.8×12.7-13.6µm with a possible germ pore.

[attachment=0]Blindley Heath – Panaeolus spores.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment=2]Blindley Heath – Panaeolus spores – germ pore (pink).jpg[/attachment]

[attachment=1]Blindley Heath – Panaeolus spores – germinating.jpg[/attachment]

Could there be a possibility that this is something exciting and rare?? 😮 There seems to be quite a lot of it now on the bit that I brought home and I still think it’s a rust.

I couldn’t see much structure under the microscope though. The yellow blob is one of the yellow things in the photograph above and it seems to be surrounded in highly active tiny circular things (most concentrated in the bottom left of the photo). I think I saw these things when looking at a slime mould under the microscope, so perhaps it is a mould? I’ve not seen a mould like it though. There also appears to be small oil drops around the yellow blob.

[attachment=0]Badlands – Rust or Mould on Hops.jpg[/attachment]

Thanks both – I’ll look at the spores this afternoon hopefully, I’m out all morning.

Hi Leif

Yes, the cap was dry. I couldn’t detect a distinctive smell, but I hardly ever pick up fungus fragrances. Or Russula redolences. Or Agaric aromas. And I never get a whiff of Witches’ Butter. Anyway, you know what I mean…

James

Spore photos:

[attachment=1]Site001 – possible Cortinarius incisus – spores001 – measured.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment=0]Site001 – possible Cortinarius incisus – Spores001 – Unmeasured.jpg[/attachment]

Thank you for the very helpful information Chris, I will definitely take your advice.