On the ground under a big hemlock tree, near the roots.
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: 2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Color of top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Secondary color top surface: 2 light gray
Spore print color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Spore length: 7
Spore width: 7
Smell: 6 other
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
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: 11 dark brown
Cap width: 23
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap flesh color: 1 white
Flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 2 clavate
Stipe core: 1 solid
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Stipe flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh color: 1 white
Stipe primary color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe secondary color: 1 white
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 10
Stipe length: 22
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Reaction Melzer's color: 13 blue
Spore shape: 6 circular
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
cystidia: long, slender
trama type: sphaerocysts
