Hebeloma populinum in Inverkeithing

A tricky one, as it requires looking at almost everything under the microscope. This was beside some relatively small Betulas and little else on the barren and wet quarry floor

Cortinarius hemitrichus

Inverkeithing, Prestonhill Quarry

Lyophyllum loricatum at Prestonhill Quarry, Inverkeithing

Tightly fasciculate on the open, heathy area. Spores white, inamyloid, globose, thin walled.

Inocybe ochroalba at Inverkeithing

abundant thick-walled cheilocystidia

stem "farinosity"

Clavulinopsis laeticolor

laeticolor = "beautifully coloured" - seems fair enough

Inverkeithing, Prestonhill Quarry, 1/10/19

Persistent Waxcap - Hygrocybe persistens

Inverkeithing, July 2015

Colours faded to dull orange in captivity

Gills barely, if at all, attached

A "robust", grassy feel

Aquaduct cut to check lamellae

Gill section

Long, regular cell structure

Potato-ish spores with occasional constriction noted in FN