Distinctive Features: (1) uniformly round, brown cap with silk-like texture, clamps in cuticle hyphae (2) long white fibrous stipe, centrally attached (3) free-standing white gills, slightly crowded (4) partial and universal veil absentCap: (1) size: ~26 mm in diameter (2) shape: evenly round (3) colour: chestnut/dark- brown (4) surface texture: smoothGills: (1) colour: white (2) attachment: free-standing (3) spacing: crowded (4) cystidia and basidia presentStem: (1) size: ~ 90 mm in length / ~ 15 mm in width (2) shape: equal, flexible (3) colour: white, but brown at base (4) surface texture: smooth, but fibrous under microscope (5) moisture: lightFlesh: no apparent bruising, whiteOdour and Taste: no distinguishable taste or smellSpore Print: (1) colour: cinnamon/reddish- brown (salmon-like colour) (2) shape: ellipsoidal spores, smooth (3) sampled spore size: (0.25 x 2.5)μm x (0.25 x 2.5)μm (0.35 x 2.5)μm x (0.2 x 2.5)μm (0.30 x 2.5)μm x (0.25 x 2.5)μm (0.35 x 2.5)μm x (0.2 x 2.5)μm (0.30 x 2.5)μm x (0.25 x 2.5)μm
Habitat
decaying conifers and tree debris, light undergrowth vegetation, moist soil
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: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 11 dark brown
Secondary color top surface: 2 light gray
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: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore length: 7
Spore width: 5
Smell: 2 mild/none
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: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 26
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 1 white
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap cross section: 5 straight
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: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Stipe flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 1 white
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 15
Stipe length: 90
Gill attachment: 5 free
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap: Yes
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: Yes
Gills waxy feel: Yes
Gills anastomosing: No
Gills forked: No
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
Reaction ammonia color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Fe. Sul. color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Melzer's color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
cystidia: yes
clamp connections: no
cap cuticle type: no
