Zeenath Aleaf, Sofia Fernandez, Noel Hancocks, Sumant Kumble
Determined by
Sumant Kumble
Host Substratum
Notes
Size - Height 8.9 cm, cap diameter 9.2 cm, stipe length 6.9 cm, stipe diameter 1.7 cm; Colour - Pink-tan cap margin, pink-brown cap center, cream gills, pale cream stipe; Smell - Fishy; Taste - Mild; Staining - Brown bruising on stipe minutes after contact; Latex - Absent; Spore Dimensions - 11.5 x 9.5 μm
Habitat
In soil in mixed forest, near decaying conifer log and assorted True Ferns
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: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Secondary color top surface: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Spore print color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when young: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when mature: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore length: 11.5
Spore width: 9.5
Smell: 6 other
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 3 depressed
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: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Cap width: 92
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
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: 4 brittle or crumbly
Cap cross section: 2 recurved
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
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: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh fracture: 4 brittle or crumbly
Stipe flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe flesh stain color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe primary color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe secondary color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe stain color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 19
Stipe length: 69
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Gills break from cap: No
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills anastomosing: No
Gills forked: Yes
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 5 none
Spore shape: 6 circular
Spore ornamentation: Spines or conical warts
