large thick walled cystidia with apical crystalsfrequent pleurocystidiacaulocystidia on upper stipe only
Habitat
The mushroom was growing on the edge of the trail in gravel/dirt/western hemlock needles. The area beside the trail was quite moist and western hemlock trees grew nearby
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: 8 tan - light brown
Secondary color top surface: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Spore print color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Hymenium color when young: 8 tan - light brown
Hymenium color when mature: 8 tan - light brown
Smell: 2 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 1634
Cap surface texture: 5 groove or streaked
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 8 tan - light brown
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap cross section: 1 upturned
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
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: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe secondary color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: 23
Stipe length: 4060
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Gills break from cap: No
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills anastomosing: No
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 5 none
Ring location on stalk: 4 near bottom
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
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
cystidia: large and thick walled