This mushroom is terrestrial, and as such, was found solitary, in the forest, upon the soil, surrounded by detritus and shrubs.
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: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 11 dark brown
Secondary color top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Spore print color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore length: 7
Spore width: 4
Smell: 6 other
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 1 conical/bell shape
Cap shape in center: 2 even or flat
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 11 dark brown
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 11
Cap surface texture: 1 scales of any kind
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 8 tan - light brown
Cap flesh stain color: 15 black or dark gray
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: 5 rooting
Stipe core: 2 hollow
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 4 very hard, woody
Stipe flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh fracture: 4 brittle or crumbly
Stipe flesh color: 13 blue
Stipe primary color: 11 dark brown
Stipe secondary color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe surface texture: 9 hairy
Stipe width: 2
Stipe length: 57
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gills deliquescent: No
Partial veil type: 5 none
Ring location on stalk: 5 none
Volva type: 6 none
Latex color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Melzer's color: 13 blue
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
cystidia: club
clamp connections: present
trama type: parallel
