| Family
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Naemateliaceae |
| Accession Number
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1117 |
| Genus
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Naematelia |
| Species
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encephala |
| Species Author
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(Pers.) Fr. 1822 |
| Date
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23/10/2021 |
| Morphological Description
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| Collector
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Diana Kholmatova |
| Number
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dmk0017 |
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Cap shape when mature |
5 globular |
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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 |
3 pale yellow or cream |
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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 |
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Cap flesh stain color |
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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 |
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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 |
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Stipe flesh stain color |
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Stipe primary color |
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Stipe secondary color |
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Stipe stain color |
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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 |
No |
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Gill sawtooth edge |
No |
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Hymenium color when young |
3 pale yellow or cream |
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Hymenium color when mature |
3 pale yellow or cream |
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Hymenium stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Gills break from cap |
No |
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Gills deliquescent |
No |
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Gills mottled face |
No |
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Gills secede from stalk |
No |
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Gills waxy feel |
No |
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Gills anastomosing |
No |
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Gills forked |
No |
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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 |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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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 |
6 circular |
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Spore ornamentation |
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Spore length |
7 |
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Spore width |
2 |
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phylum |
Basidiomycota |
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material collected |
jelly fungus |
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trama type |
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cap cuticle type |
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clamp connections |
Present at the base of basidia, and connective hyphae |
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cystidia |
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morphology summary |
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| Notes
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Macroscopic: The basidiocarp presents as a small, inconspicuous cerebriform "blob" measuring at a mere 0.8 cm (length) x 0.5 cm (width) x 0.6 cm (height). It has no stipe, no gills, nor obvious pores. It has three main, fused lobes, with smaller gyri, making up the thallus. It is a pale-yellow color, with two discernible layers. When cut in half, the outer layer is more gelatinous and clear/colorless, with a slightly darker, pale yellow core within the gelatinous layer, giving the mushroom an overall pale-yellow color. The innermost core underneath the gelatinous matrix appears more solid, white, and fleshy, giving rise to two distinct layers. Where the saprotrophic mushroom was attached to the decaying conifer root host, there is a darker, reddish brown coloring. The overall appearance resembles a popped popcorn kernel. To the touch, it is very tough, textured, and not particularly slimy. No discernible smell or taste. No latex. Microscopic: Under 40x, numerous spherical, criciform basidia, of varying stages in maturity, were observed. Basidia were either longitudinally septate or both longitudinally and laterally septate, resembling "hot cross buns."On average, the basidia were ~ 22 µm in length ( the metabasidia were ~12 µm in length, and the epibasidia were ~ 10 µm in length). Clamp connections at the base of several basidia were observed, especially prominent in basidia that had released their basidiospores. Clamp connections were also observed between the connective hyphae. Spores were not confidently observed to report on. It was hard to differentiate between germinating basidiospores and epibasidia. The hypothesized spores observed, however, resembled budding yeasts, kind of "light bulb" shaped, or perfectly round. On average, the spores hypothesized to have been observed were ~5-7 µm. |
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