 The spores are roughly spherical to broadly ellipsoid, hyaline (translucent), amyloid, and measure 6.5 – 9 by 6 – 7 µm. They are ornamented with warts and ridges that sometimes form a partial reticulum, with prominences up to 0.8 µm. The basidia (spore-bearing cells) are four-spored, and measure 28 – 33 by 8 – 10 µm. The pleurocystidia (cystidia found on the gill faces) are roughly cylindrical to narrowly club-shaped when they are young, but soon broaden in the mid portion and taper to an abrupt point; they reach dimensions of 40 – 68 (up to 80 µm) by 9 – 13 µm. The cheilocystidia (cystidia on the gill edges) are roughly club-shaped or ventricose with acute apices, and measure 32 – 44 by 6 – 10 µm. Clamp connections are absent in the hyphae. The cap cuticle is a thin ixocutis composed of gelatinous hyphae that are typically 2 – 4 µm wide. Projecting out from the cuticle surface are the ends of numerous connective hyphae, about 5 – 15 µm long.
