Plate 41. Fleshy fungi: Spores blackish and borne on gills
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Gills: sinuate, crowded and very dark brown or almost black with distinct white margin which is covered in tiny beads of liquid in moist weather.
Flesh: pale buff.
Spore-print: almost black.
Spores: long, dark brown, lemon-shaped and warted with distinct and prominent germ-pore and 10-12 × 6-7 µm in size.
Marginal cystidia: club-shaped or with a distinctly rounded head.
Facial cystidia: absent.
Habitat & Distribution: Common on the ground near newly built houses, on roadsides, tips and paths in woods, either solitary or in groups; it is also found in pastures.