 The spore print is pale purplish brown . Spores are ovoid ( egg @-@ shaped ) to somewhat ellipsoidal , binucleate ( visible when stained with acetocarmine solution ) , often contain a single oil droplet , and measure 6 – 8 @.@ 5 by 4 – 5 @.@ 5 µm . The spore walls are roughened with small points and ridges , and have a small plage . The basidia ( spore @-@ bearing cells ) are club @-@ shaped , four @-@ spored , and measure 24 – 26 by 6 – 8 @.@ 5 µm . Cystidia on the gill face ( pleurocystidia ) are abundant . They are spindle @-@ shaped with swollen middles , and thick tips that are occasionally encrusted with translucent crystals . They have dimensions of 43 – 86 by 10 – 24 µm , with walls that are pale brown to translucent , and up to 3 µm thick . Cystidia on the gill edge ( cheilocystidia ) are roughly the same morphologically , but shorter . The cap cuticle comprises a layer of radially arranged gelatinized hyphae measuring 1 – 4 µm in diameter . Clamp connections are present in the hyphae . 
