Coprinellus ellisii

Cellular cutis, formed by globose to slightly angular hyphae through compression, hyaline.

Veil hyphae filamentous, thick-walled, constricted at the septa, without clamp connections, with abundant ochraceous brown intracellular pigment.

Cheilocystidia large, pyriform to ellipsoidal, hyaline.

Pleurocystidia scattered, of similar morphology to cheilocystidia but much larger, well exceeding 150 µm in length.

Basidia clavate, widened at the apex, 4-spored.

Spores cylindric-ellipsoidal, phaseoliform (with one side slightly depressed), brown under the microscope, smooth, thick-walled, with a faint germ pore at one end and an inconspicuous apiculus at the opposite end.

Herbarium material available: JTP2399/25.