Panellus violaceofulvus

On decaying fallen branches of Abies alba on the ground, pleurotoid or Crepidotus-like in habit, 0.8 to just over 2 cm in diameter, external surface matt, dry, purplish with whitish pruina, cream lamellae with violaceous tones, stipe generally absent, attached to the wood by the dorsal surface of the pileus.

Pileipellis composed of thick-walled, densely interwoven filamentous hyphae 2 to 5 µm wide, hyaline or containing pale brown intracellular pigment, septate with clamp connections.

Cheilocystidia scattered, poorly differentiated from basidioles, fusiform, 22 to 35 µm long and 3 to 4 µm wide.

Basidia cylindrical-clavate, 25 to 30 µm long, 5 to 7 µm wide, bearing two or four sterigmata (2- or 4-spored).

Spores not obtained; according to literature, cylindrical-ellipsoidal, smooth, hyaline, thin-walled, 6.5 to 9.5 µm long, 2.6 to 4.2 µm wide, and amyloid in Melzer's reagent.

Herbarium material available: JTP2571/25.