Cap is 8cm in diameter gray in color with lighter color on edge viscid when wet
Gills are adnexed to notched with crowded spacing and white in color
Stipe is 5.8 cm long and 1.5 cm wide located at center, is solid white and smooth surface
No volva, Ring present
Spores are 5*4microns and elliptical and white
Collector
Steven Yee
Number
2
Other Collectors
Determined by
Host Substratum
Notes
Closest DNA matches were:
AF349704. Tricholoma sp. Ma...[gi:17063385]
AF349703. Tricholoma mutabile
This specimen was idientified as T. portentosum based on Arora's key, but the specimen's light colour and the extensive sequence mismatches with T. portentosum argue against this identification. This may be an undescribed species.
In oraganic rich soil with decaying leaves and conifers under a dead tree with lots of moss in area
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
3 convex to plane
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 2 light gray
Secondary color top surface: 2 light gray
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 1 white
Spore length: 56
Spore width: 4
Smell: 2 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 2 even or flat
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 2 light gray
Cap stain color: 2 light gray
Cap width: 8
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap flesh color: 2 light gray
Cap flesh stain color: 2 light gray
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 2 wavy or lobed
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 1 solid
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Stipe flesh color: 1 white
Stipe flesh stain color: 1 white
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 1 white
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 15
Stipe length: 58
Gill attachment: 6 notched
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap: Yes
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: No
Gills waxy feel: No
Gills forked: No
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 5 none
Ring location on stalk: 5 none
Ring number: 3 none
Ring color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Volva type: 6 none
Volva color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Latex color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Latex stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction ammonia color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Fe. Sul. color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Melzer's color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
cap cuticle type: cutis
trama type: interwoven
