They are filled with a brown pigment.
Note the 'hooks' that are on the the ends of the pleurocystidia.
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| This Pluteus species is quite large, this specimen being 10cm in diam. It had conspicuous concentric 'wrinkles' on its cap. | |||||||||
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| The gills have a conspicuous brown edge. This is caused by the large cells along the gill edge having brown pigment in them. | |||||||||
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| These large brown cells along the gill edge are known as cheilocystidia.
They are filled with a brown pigment. |
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| These thickwalled cells are found along the side of the gill and are known as pleurocystidia.
Note the 'hooks' that are on the the ends of the pleurocystidia. |
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