| Family
|
Russulaceae |
| Accession Number
|
F035899 |
| Genus
|
Russula |
| Species
|
emetica |
| Species Author
|
(Schaeff.) Pers. |
| Date
|
28/10/2023 |
| Morphological Description
|
vanilla odor, peppery taste, white solid stalk and slightly browning or yellowing cap, does not bruise easily, soft and brittle, surface shiny when wet and dull when dry, white equidistant gills that are moderately thick, no lamellulae, brownish margin, smooth pileus texture that is slimy when wet, whole decurved margin, no latex, central solid stipe that is brittle and white, fusiform in shape, smooth surface, white flesh
magnified study revealed white spore print that has warty ornamentation, spore ornamentation stains blue with Melzers, spores are thin-walled with presence of cystidia, |
| Collector
|
Kalen Dofher |
| Number
|
KD2810202307 |
|
Cap shape when mature |
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Cap shape in center |
2 even or flat |
|
Cap shape from above |
1 circular-even if wavy |
|
color of top surface |
3 pale yellow or cream |
|
Secondary color top surface |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Cap color with age |
3 pale yellow or cream |
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Cap stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Cap width |
13-20 |
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Cap surface texture |
2 smooth |
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Cap stickiness |
3 sticky or slimy when wet |
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Cap has concentric zones of color |
No |
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Cap stalk easily part |
Yes |
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Cap hygrophanous |
No |
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Cap flesh color |
1 white |
|
Cap flesh stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Flesh hardness |
1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous |
|
Flesh toughness |
2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile |
|
Flesh fracture |
4 brittle or crumbly |
|
Cap cross section |
2 recurved |
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Cap margin surface |
2 smooth |
|
Cap edge |
1 smooth |
|
Stipe shape |
3 equal |
|
Stipe core |
1 solid |
|
Stipe position |
1 central |
|
Stipe flesh hardness |
1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous |
|
Stipe flesh toughness |
2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile |
|
Stipe flesh fracture |
4 brittle or crumbly |
|
Stipe flesh color |
1 white |
|
Stipe flesh stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Stipe primary color |
1 white |
|
Stipe secondary color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Stipe stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Stipe surface texture |
10 smooth |
|
Stipe width |
3-10 |
|
Stipe length |
20-32 |
|
Gill attachment |
1 adnate |
|
Gill collarium |
No |
|
Gill sawtooth edge |
No |
|
Hymenium color when young |
1 white |
|
Hymenium color when mature |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Hymenium stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Gills break from cap |
No |
|
Gills deliquescent |
No |
|
Gills mottled face |
No |
|
Gills secede from stalk |
No |
|
Gills waxy feel |
No |
|
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 |
|
Habit |
1 solitary or scattered |
|
Taste |
1 acrid/peppery |
|
Smell |
1 anise, fruity, sweet |
|
Spore print color |
1 white |
|
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 ferrous sulphate 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 |
6 circular |
|
Spore ornamentation |
warty ornamentation, blue in Melzer's |
|
Spore length |
4-9 |
|
Spore width |
4-9 |
|
phylum |
Basidiomycota |
|
material collected |
gilled mushroom |
|
trama type |
No specific orientation or distinguishing features |
|
cap cuticle type |
Not looked for |
|
clamp connections |
Not seen |
|
cystidia |
Present as Pleuro and Cheilocystidia |
|
morphology summary |
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| Notes
|
mushroom turned black in drier, only able to find young species of mushroom |
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Date Created |
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Date Modified |
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