On the ground, growing in the humus layer nearing many ferns.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
1 conical/bell shape
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: 2 light gray
Secondary color top surface: 1 white
Spore print color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Spore length: 8
Spore width: 5
Smell: 4 unpleasant
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Cap shape when mature: 1 conical/bell shape
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap width: 25
Cap surface texture: 4 hairy, include velvety
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap flesh color: 6 pink or salmon
Flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
Cap edge: 2 wavy or lobed
Stipe shape: 1 bulbous
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 primary color: 6 pink or salmon
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: 8
Stipe length: 30
Gill attachment: 2 adnexed
Reaction Melzer's color: 13 blue
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
cystidia: metuloid
trama type: parallel?
