Since the specimen does not have a strong odour it may lead one to believe that the specimen is not C. traganus. however, DNA sequencing and comparison to data in GenBank support the hypothesis that this specimen is in fact C. traganus.
Habitat
On the side of a cliff facing West. Growing in soil surrounded by decomposing wood and various deciduous and coniferous trees.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Angela Macdonald
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: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Secondary color top surface: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Spore print color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Hymenium color when young: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Hymenium color when mature: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Spore length: 10
Spore width: 8
Smell: 2 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Cap width: 114.3
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: Yes
Cap flesh color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
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 color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Stipe primary color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Stipe secondary color: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 25.4
Stipe length: 114.3
Gill attachment: 6 notched
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
