Conocybe enderlei Hauskn. var. enderlei
Pileus 10 mm wide, yellowish brown, darker
in centre, conical, completely covered with salt
layer, no striation seen. Lamellae adnate, light
brown. Stipe cylindrical with slightly curved
base, light yellowish brown. Exsiccatum brownish
(bad condition). Spores 7.5–9.5×4.5–5 μm,
average 8.4×4.9 μm, Q=1.5–1.8, ellipsoid, thickwalled
without any germ-pore or callus, brownish
orange in KOH. Basidia 4-spored, ca. 25×10
μm. Clamp connections present. Cheilocystidia
lecythiform, 16–22×7.5–9 μm, with capitula 4–5
μm wide. Ammonia reaction negative. Stipitipellis
made up of lecythiform caulocystidia similar
to cheilocystidia, 10–20×7–9 μm, with capitula
3.5–5 μm wide. Pileipellis hymeniform consisting
of sphaeropedunculate elements; pileocystidia
absent.
The spore size of the Tigrovaya Balka collection
is somewhat aberrant being in average
about 1 μm larger than in European material.
As all other characters are in concordance, there
is no doubt that this is C. enderlei.
This rare taxon is known from Europe and
from two collections from Asia (Afghanistan,
Tadjikistan). No collections are known from
other continents.
Material examined: Tadjikistan
