Pseudoclitopilus rhodoleucus

An uncommon species of meadows and pastures, with a convex to flattened pileus having a slightly depressed centre, 3 to 7 cm across, white with faint cream nuances, crowded, decurrent lamellae turning pink to white from sporulation, a thick and solid cylindrical stipe, soapy odour, and unpleasant taste.

Pileipellis filamentous, composed of hyaline hyphae arranged more or less parallel to slightly interwoven, 3 to 5.5 µm in diameter, septate with conspicuous clamp connections at all septa.

Lamellar edge fertile, lacking differentiated cystidia.

Basidia clavate, 25 to 40 µm long, 7 to 10 µm wide, clamped at the base, 4-spored.

Spores ovoid to ellipsoidal, hyaline, thin-walled and delicately verruculose, 6.5 to 9 µm long, 6 to 7 µm wide, with an indistinct hyaline apiculus at one pole, strongly amyloid in Melzer's reagent.

Herbarium material available: JTP2460/25.