 When viewed in mass , as in a spore print , the spores generally appear yellow , although a Korean population with a light pink spore mass has been observed . Viewed with a light microscope , the spores are hyaline or pale yellow , elliptical , and visibly pitted . Electron microscopy or atomic force microscopy reveals the pits , or pores , to be an elaborate net @-@ like structure called a reticulum . There are two to three such pores per micrometer , each approximately 400 nanometers deep . Most spores are 14 – 20 by 6 – 9 µm , but some may be as long as 24 or 28 µm ; specimens from a Korean population were reported with slightly smaller spores . Unlike others in the genus , C. cinnabarinum does not use nurse cells to supply food material to spores . The basidia are 40 – 50 by 15 – 20 µm , broadly obovate , club @-@ shaped or sometimes cylindrical , with five to twelve spores distributed evenly or irregularly over the surface . The gleba also contains branching hyphae , 3 – 4 µm thick with frequent clamp connections . The capillitium formed by these connections is present only when the mushroom is young and disintegrates thereafter . 
