Macroscopic features of this fungus include a fruiting body height of 9-13cm. At its largest width the specimen is 0.4-0.7cm. The fungus is gregarious, with around five individuals in a tuft. The mature specimens are greyish-brown in colour with a very slight hint of lilac; the younger speciments are cream coloured. The fungus lacks a cap, and is fusiform, with a tapered apex (~0.2cm) and a slightly larger base of 0.3-0.4cm. The stipe is hollow, and is slightly fibrous in texture. The stalk spirals (~2 complete turns in a mature specimen) and is compressed (longitudinally sulcate). The fungus tends to be quite simple, and only a single tip is forked. The flesh of the mushroom is brittle and fragile. A chalky white substance coats the outer surface of the mushroom (its spores). The odour of the fungus, although weak, is slightly reminiscent of the smell exuded by grocery store mushrooms. No taste can be detected.
Microscopic features of the fungus include a basidiospore length ranging from 6.25um to 8.5um. The width of the basidiospores vary from 3.25um to 5um. The basidiospores are white, and are ellipsoid to oblong in shape. Large oil droplets can be seen in many of the spores. Hyaline and cylindric cysidia are present in abundance. The cystidia are projecting and contain granules. The cystidia vary greatly in size, ranging in length from 51um to 125um, and in width from 5um to 6.5um.
Collector
Allison Stewart
Number
AS1
Cap shape when mature
Cap shape in center
Cap shape from above
color of top surface
2 light gray
Secondary color top surface
8 tan - light brown
Cap color with age
Cap stain color
Cap width
Cap surface texture
Cap stickiness
Cap has concentric zones of color
Cap stalk easily part
Cap hygrophanous
Cap flesh color
Cap flesh stain color
Flesh hardness
1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Flesh toughness
1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Flesh fracture
4 brittle or crumbly
Cap cross section
Cap margin surface
Cap edge
Stipe shape
2 clavate
Stipe core
2 hollow
Stipe position
Stipe flesh hardness
1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Stipe flesh toughness
1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Stipe flesh fracture
4 brittle or crumbly
Stipe flesh color
2 light gray
Stipe flesh stain color
Stipe primary color
2 light gray
Stipe secondary color
8 tan - light brown
Stipe stain color
Stipe surface texture
5 powdery granules
Stipe width
At largest width: 0.4-0.7cm
Stipe length
9-13cm
Gill attachment
Gill collarium
Gill sawtooth edge
Hymenium color when young
3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when mature
2 light gray
Hymenium stain color
Gills break from cap
Gills deliquescent
Gills mottled face
Gills secede from stalk
Gills waxy feel
Gills anastomosing
Gills forked
Ring type
5 none
Partial veil type
Ring location on stalk
Ring number
Ring color
Volva type
Volva color
Habit
3 compact clumps
Taste
3 mild/none
Smell
2 mild/none
Spore print color
1 white
Latex color
Latex stain color
Reaction ammonia color
Reaction ferrous sulphate color
Reaction Melzer's color
Reaction potassium
Spore shape
3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation
1 smooth
Spore length
6.25 to 8.5
Spore width
3.25 to 5
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
coral
trama type
cap cuticle type
No cap present
clamp connections
Not observed
cystidia
Abundant and projecting, range in length from 51um to 125um.