The collected mushroom is a non-gilled fleshy mushroom that resembles a coral in its morphology. The mushroom has a distinct ashy grey-brown colour in the middle of the branches and gradually becomes lighter cream coloured at the blunt tips and at the base. The base is quite narrow in comparison with the branching part of basidioma. The branching is dichotomous. The basidiospores are produced on the surface of the branches. The basidia are two spored.
Habitat
The species was growing in the soil by the roots of coniferous trees.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
coral
morphology summary
Material collected: coral
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 3 pale yellow or cream
Secondary color top surface: 15 black or dark gray
Spore print color: 1 white
Spore length: 8
Smell: 2 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe width: 5
Stipe length: 125
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
Spore shape: 6 circular
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
clamp connections: present
