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strong fetid smell. Log covered in thousands of fruitbodies. Identical to 9585 and see Egon's ZT69-99. Gill trama and cap surface gelatinised. Subcuticular hyphae a cutis with zebra extra-cellular pigment, no tissue amyloid or dextrinoid, oil droplets forming in melzers, some evidence of spores glued together by resinous exudate (also on cap surface?), spores length=7.7–8.9µm (µ=8.2, σ=0.6), width=4.2–4.5µm (µ=4.3, σ=0.1), Q=1.8–2.1µm (µ=1.9, σ=0.2), n=3 with internal bubbles, cheilocystidia not apparent, tissue clamped. Fruitbodies arising from small hyphal bulbs on waxy subiculum with algae (maybe even lichenised?! - note that strong smelling Marsmiellus affixus from Australia is similarly lichenized, however the smell is described by the Catchesides as ammoniacal). Stem brown at apex, white below in young specimens, all brown in older, minutely pruinose. Note that lichenisation of M. affixus has been questioned by Lepp ... http://www.anbg.gov.au/lichen/case-studies/marasmiellus-affixus.html. Although I believe Singer's evidence is stronger than is given credit, especially when Singer says " some cells of the alga are occasionally found in the trama of the fruiting body". This taxon is a Gymnopus ss antonin and nordeloos. Same as 9585? With DNA tube. Sequence does not adequately separate this from Lewis Pass. Note that even the new concept of Gymnopus is paraphyletic and perhaps the further subsequent necessary splitting may re-establish Micromphale as a well supported group worthy of generic rank. Spores (KOH) length=7.5–9.7µm (µ=8.3, σ=0.68), width=4.4–5.3µm (µ=4.8, σ=0.22), Q=1.5–2.0µm (µ=1.73, σ=0.16), n=20
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ITS>GAAGTAAAAGTCGTAACAAGGTTTCCGTAGGTGAACCTGCGGAAGGATCA
TTATTGAAACTTCTTTGGAAGTAGTACTGTTGCTGGCCTTGTAATGAGGT
ATGTGCACGTACTATTTCTAATCTATTCATCCACCTGTGCACTTATTGTA
GGGGTTTTTTGAGGTGAGCTTGTTTGTAGGCTTCGGCTTATGCAGGTTGA
CTTTAAAAAGGCTTCTATGTCTTACAAACCTATTGAAGTATGTTTAGAAT
GACATTTATCGGGACCTTACTGGCCCTTTAAACTTATACAACTTTTAGCA
ACGGATCTCTTGGCTCTCCCATCGATGAAGAACGCAGCGAAATGCGATAA
GTAATGTGAATTGCAGAATTCAGTGAATCATCGAATCTTTGAACGCACCT
TGCGCCCTCTGGTATTCCGGAGGGCATGCCTGTTTGAGTGTCATTAAATT
CTCAACTTCAAAGGCTTTTATTAGCTTATTGAAGCTTGGATGTGGGGGCT
TGCTGGCGTCTTAGATGTTCGGCTCTCCTTAAAGTTATTAGTGGAAATCT
CTTTGTTGGGTGATCCTTGGTGTGATAATTATCTACGCTTCGGATGGTCC
AATGTTTCCATTGAGGTTGTTCAGTGATGCCCTTGTGGTGTTGCTGGTTT
GTAGTACTGCAACTAGTTGCTTTACTTGGGCCTCAGAGGAAAAGGGAAGT
TTTGCTTTCTAACTGTCTGTGTTATATGGACAATTTATTGACTATTTGAC
CTCAAATCAGGTAGGACTACCCGCTGAACTTAAGC