growing out of a fallen nurse log at the base of a conifer tree
Notes
Gill edge appears to be a dark colour but is actually white - appears dark due to presence of purple coloured cystidia.
Habitat
Mixed forest
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: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Secondary color top surface: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Spore print color: 1 white
Spore length: 10
Spore width: 8
Smell: 2 mild/none
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 color with age: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Cap width: 1.9
Cap stickiness: 2 sticky or slimy when dry
Cap flesh color: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Stipe primary color: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Stipe secondary color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe length: 3.8
Gill attachment: 2 adnexed
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 5 none
Ring location on stalk: 5 none
Latex color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Latex stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: smooth and broadly elliptical
cystidia: purple coloured
