Rhodocollybia maculata

Species typical of conifers among needle litter, with a convex to applanate pileus 4 to 8 cm in diameter, creamy white, spotted reddish brown in the center; adnate lamellae white to yellowish; a cylindrical, hollow, whitish stipe, brown at the base; almond odor and bitter taste.

Cuticle formed by cylindrical, thin-walled hyphae, densely interwoven, 2 to 4 µm wide, with faint yellowish-brown pigment inside, septate and with clamp connections at the septa.

Lamellar edge with cylindrical hair-like cystidial elements, some with apical projections, 25 to 30 µm long and 2.5 to 4 µm wide.

Lamellar trama subregular to irregular.

Basidia clavate, 25 to 30 µm long, 6 to 7 µm wide, with basal clamp connections and four-spored.

Spores subglobose to ovoid, smooth, hyaline, thin-walled, with a prominent apiculus at one end, 5 to 6 µm long, 4 to 5 µm wide, containing faint oil droplets inside, and dextrinoid in Melzer's reagent or Lugol's.