| Family
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Hydnaceae |
| Accession Number
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F035861 |
| Genus
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Clavulina |
| Species
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coralloides |
| Species Author
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(L.) J. Schröt |
| Date
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28/10/2023 |
| Morphological Description
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coral has many branches growing upwards, some intertwined; fruiting body is grayish-taupe near the base and pallid-beige near the tips of the branches; fruiting body appears charcoal in colour where parasitized by Helminthosphaeria clavarium; some branches are dichotomously forked at the tips; |
| Collector
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Noah Pugh Martin |
| Number
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2023-10-28_NP_3 |
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Cap shape when mature |
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Cap shape in center |
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Cap shape from above |
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color of top surface |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Secondary color top surface |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Cap color with age |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Cap stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Cap width |
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Cap surface texture |
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Cap stickiness |
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Cap has concentric zones of color |
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Cap stalk easily part |
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Cap hygrophanous |
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Cap flesh color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Cap flesh stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Flesh hardness |
2 firm, fleshy |
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Flesh toughness |
2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile |
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Flesh fracture |
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Cap cross section |
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Cap margin surface |
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Cap edge |
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Stipe shape |
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Stipe core |
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Stipe position |
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Stipe flesh hardness |
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Stipe flesh toughness |
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Stipe flesh fracture |
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Stipe flesh color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Stipe flesh stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Stipe primary color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Stipe secondary color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Stipe stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Stipe surface texture |
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Stipe width |
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Stipe length |
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Gill attachment |
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Gill collarium |
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Gill sawtooth edge |
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Hymenium color when young |
3 pale yellow or cream |
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Hymenium color when mature |
8 tan - light brown |
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Hymenium stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Gills break from cap |
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Gills deliquescent |
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Gills mottled face |
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Gills secede from stalk |
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Gills waxy feel |
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Gills anastomosing |
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Gills forked |
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Ring type |
5 none |
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Partial veil type |
5 none |
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Ring location on stalk |
5 none |
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Ring number |
3 none |
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Ring color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Volva type |
6 none |
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Volva color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Habit |
1 solitary or scattered |
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Taste |
3 mild/none |
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Smell |
2 mild/none |
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Spore print color |
1 white |
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Latex color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Latex stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Reaction ammonia color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Reaction ferrous sulphate color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
| Reaction Melzer's color
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17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Reaction potassium |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Spore shape |
3 elliptical |
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Spore ornamentation |
1 smooth |
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Spore length |
9.4 |
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Spore width |
7.8 |
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phylum |
Basidiomycota |
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material collected |
coral |
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trama type |
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cap cuticle type |
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clamp connections |
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cystidia |
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morphology summary |
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| Notes
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spore print in specimen package; spores are white in colour, subglobose, smooth, thick walled, and have a dark marking where they were attached to basidia; specimen is parasitized by Helminthosphaeria clavarium; |
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Date Created |
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Date Modified |
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