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   Dimitar Bojantchev to All   
   Re: Inocybe sp??   
   13 Dec 05 21:58:25   
   
   From: dimitar@pontix.com   
      
   > They look quite a lot like Inocybe grammata, and there are many things   
   > that speaks for it. The stem is of the kind that doesn't have a   
   > cortina, instead it is covered with cystidia from the top and almost   
   > to the base, and it has the right weakly pink colour. The angular   
   > spores with not so prominent warts are typical too.   
   > There's only one thing that doesn't fit, and that is the spore size.   
   > They should have been just a bit bigger, but it may depend on how they   
   > have been measured..? I don't know any Inocybe with such small spores   
   > as 5-6 x 4-5 microns (not even Inocybe microspora).   
      
   You know Irene, let's just call it I. grammata. I forgot what you   
   suggested because the name is totally new to me, then looked around on   
   my own, saw I. grammata, came back and see that's exactly what you   
   suggested.  And that's the closest, visually. Re-measured the spores,   
   well I'll revise that to 6.2-6.7 x 5.5-6.2 because I didn't quite   
   measure the diagonal length, but all of the wishful thinking couldn't   
   help me see the size of up to 8 m (from Roger Phillips' book). And   
   considering that I'm not paid to do that, well, I'm satisfied (for   
   now).   
      
   Now can I pass you the other 60 specimens I haven't ID-ed yet?   
   Actually I'll work them up to a point because it's so easy to get   
   lazy.  Although that right now I find more than I can process...   
      
   Regards,   
      
                D.   
      
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