Cortinarius hispanicus

Suprapellis with a thin outer layer of filamentous hyphae, arranged parallel, with abundant ochraceous intracellular pigment; underneath, broader, similarly pigmented hyphae.

Lamellar edge completely covered with terminal hyphae acting as cheilocystidia, cylindric-vesiculose, with slight intracellular pigment.

Basidia clavate and 4-spored.

Spores cylindric-ellipsoidal, verrucose-walled, yellow with darker warts, with an inconspicuous eccentric apiculus, and very weak, almost imperceptible dextrinoid reaction in Melzer's reagent.

Herbarium material available: JTP2462/25.