Flammulaster carpophilus

Suprapellis formed by a layer of spherical, slightly pyriform to vesiculose, smooth, thick-walled hyphae with faint brown intracellular pigment; underneath, parallel to subparallel clamped filamentous hyphae.

Cheilocystidia abundant, lageniform, up to 40 µm long, terminating in a very long, slender, slightly sinuous neck.

Basidia clavate, up to 25 µm long, with basal clamp connections, 4-spored.

Spores citriform, with a more pointed end bearing the apiculus, smooth, hyaline, thin-walled, with granular content, inamyloid in Melzer's reagent.

Herbarium material available: JTP2696/25.