| Family
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Suillaceae |
| Accession Number
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| Genus
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Suillus |
| Species
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caerulescens |
| Species Author
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A.H. Sm. & Thiers |
| Date
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20/10/2024 |
| Morphological Description
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| Collector
|
Ashley Harmata |
| Number
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ah2024Oct19.29 |
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Cap shape when mature |
4 cylindrical |
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Cap shape in center |
2 even or flat |
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Cap shape from above |
1 circular-even if wavy |
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color of top surface |
8 tan - light brown |
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Secondary color top surface |
9 brown- use when other browns do not fit |
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Cap color with age |
9 brown- use when other browns do not fit |
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Cap stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Cap width |
60 |
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Cap surface texture |
2 smooth |
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Cap stickiness |
2 sticky or slimy when dry |
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Cap has concentric zones of color |
No |
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Cap stalk easily part |
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Cap hygrophanous |
Yes |
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Cap flesh color |
3 pale yellow or cream |
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Cap flesh stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Flesh hardness |
1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous |
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Flesh toughness |
2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile |
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Flesh fracture |
1 jelly-like |
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Cap cross section |
5 straight |
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Cap margin surface |
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Cap edge |
1 smooth |
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Stipe shape |
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Stipe core |
4 chambered |
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Stipe position |
2 off-center |
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Stipe flesh hardness |
2 firm, fleshy |
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Stipe flesh toughness |
3 tough - does not tear easily |
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Stipe flesh fracture |
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Stipe flesh color |
8 tan - light brown |
|
Stipe flesh stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Stipe primary color |
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Stipe secondary color |
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Stipe stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Stipe surface texture |
8 fibrilose |
|
Stipe width |
15 |
|
Stipe length |
50 |
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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 |
4 yellow/gold |
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Hymenium color when mature |
8 tan - light brown |
|
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 |
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Partial veil type |
5 none |
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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 |
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Habit |
1 solitary or scattered |
|
Taste |
3 mild/none |
|
Smell |
2 mild/none |
|
Spore print color |
8 tan - light brown |
|
Latex color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Latex stain color |
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Reaction ammonia color |
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Reaction ferrous sulphate color |
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| Reaction Melzer's color
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Reaction potassium |
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Spore shape |
3 elliptical |
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Spore ornamentation |
none |
|
Spore length |
7.5-10 |
|
Spore width |
2.5-3 |
|
phylum |
Basidiomycota |
|
material collected |
pored mushroom |
|
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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Stem brown/cream coloured (turns blue/black when exposed to oxygen), stem is eccentric and fibrous, cap light brown/beige, underside has pores that are yellow and turn brown when bruised, spore print is brown/cinnamon coloured |
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