Cortinarius vernus

Pileipellis formed by an outer layer of parallel hyphae with ochraceous brown intracellular pigment, up to 6 µm wide; below this layer, broader hyphae up to 20 µm with brown encrustations.

Lamellar edge with abundant subglobose to pyriform terminal elements, rendering it virtually sterile.

Basidia cylindric-clavate and 4-spored.

Spores ovoid to short ellipsoidal, thick- and coarsely verrucose-walled, yellow with coarse darker warts, an eccentric apiculus, and moderately dextrinoid in Melzer's reagent.

Herbarium material available: JTP2150/24.