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Family
Cortinariaceae
Accession Number
F035866
Genus
Cortinarius
Species
sp.
Species Author
Date
28/10/2023
Morphological Description
Cap is smooth and slimy. Gills are whitish grey. Scattered growth. Cap colour is purplish/grey and crinkled at the edges. Stipe is white and turns yellow at the base, and is hollow inside.
Collector
Gia Khanna
Number
GK01Oct282023
Cap shape when mature
3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center
1 raised
Cap shape from above
1 circular-even if wavy
color of top surface
14 purple, violet, or lilac
Secondary color top surface
15 black or dark gray
Cap color with age
14 purple, violet, or lilac
Cap stain color
15 black or dark gray
Cap width
36
Cap surface texture
2 smooth
Cap stickiness
3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color
No
Cap stalk easily part
No
Cap hygrophanous
No
Cap flesh color
1 white
Cap flesh stain color
2 light gray
Flesh hardness
1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Flesh toughness
2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture
1 jelly-like
Cap cross section
5 straight
Cap margin surface
2 smooth
Cap edge
2 wavy or lobed
Stipe shape
1 bulbous
Stipe core
2 hollow
Stipe position
1 central
Stipe flesh hardness
Stipe flesh toughness
Stipe flesh fracture
Stipe flesh color
Stipe flesh stain color
Stipe primary color
1 white
Stipe secondary color
7 red
Stipe stain color
3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe surface texture
10 smooth
Stipe width
9
Stipe length
79
Gill attachment
1 adnate
Gill collarium
Gill sawtooth edge
Hymenium color when young
1 white
Hymenium color when mature
2 light gray
Hymenium stain color
2 light gray
Gills break from cap
Yes
Gills deliquescent
No
Gills mottled face
No
Gills secede from stalk
No
Gills waxy feel
No
Gills anastomosing
Gills forked
Ring type
Partial veil type
1 cobwebby
Ring location on stalk
1 upper stalk
Ring number
1 single
Ring color
7 red
Volva type
Volva color
Habit
2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Taste
2 bitter
Smell
2 mild/none
Spore print color
10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Latex color
3 pale yellow or cream
Latex stain color
14 purple, violet, or lilac
Reaction ammonia color
Reaction ferrous sulphate color
Reaction Melzer's color
Reaction potassium
Spore shape
3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation
spiny
Spore length
1.125
Spore width
0.5
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
trama type
cap cuticle type
clamp connections
cystidia
n/a
morphology summary
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