| Family
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Bankeraceae |
| Accession Number
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| Genus
|
Phellodon |
| Species
|
melaleucus |
| Species Author
|
(Sw. ex Fr.) P. Karst. |
| Date
|
26/10/2002 |
| Morphological Description
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| Collector
|
Jared LeBoldus |
| Number
|
Jl1 |
|
Cap shape when mature |
3 convex to plane |
|
Cap shape in center |
3 depressed |
|
Cap shape from above |
1 circular-even if wavy |
|
color of top surface |
14 purple, violet, or lilac |
|
Secondary color top surface |
2 light gray |
|
Cap color with age |
14 purple, violet, or lilac |
|
Cap stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Cap width |
2-4 |
|
Cap surface texture |
6 other - use only when the others clearly do not fit |
|
Cap stickiness |
1 dry |
|
Cap has concentric zones of color |
No |
|
Cap stalk easily part |
No |
|
Cap hygrophanous |
No |
|
Cap flesh color |
15 black or dark gray |
|
Cap flesh stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Flesh hardness |
4 very hard, woody |
|
Flesh toughness |
3 tough - does not tear easily |
|
Flesh fracture |
3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction |
|
Cap cross section |
1 upturned |
|
Cap margin surface |
1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge) |
|
Cap edge |
2 wavy or lobed |
|
Stipe shape |
4 pinched |
|
Stipe core |
1 solid |
|
Stipe position |
1 central |
|
Stipe flesh hardness |
4 very hard, woody |
|
Stipe flesh toughness |
4 very tough - very difficult to tear by hand |
|
Stipe flesh fracture |
3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction |
|
Stipe flesh color |
11 dark brown |
|
Stipe flesh stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Stipe primary color |
11 dark brown |
|
Stipe secondary color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Stipe stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Stipe surface texture |
8 fibrilose |
|
Stipe width |
2 |
|
Stipe length |
10 |
|
Gill attachment |
|
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Gill collarium |
|
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Gill sawtooth edge |
|
|
Hymenium color when young |
1 white |
|
Hymenium color when mature |
1 white |
|
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 |
2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps |
|
Taste |
3 mild/none |
|
Smell |
6 other |
|
Spore print color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
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 |
1 bean shaped |
|
Spore ornamentation |
1 smooth |
|
Spore length |
3.8-4.2 |
|
Spore width |
3.3-3.8 |
|
phylum |
Basidiomycota |
|
material collected |
toothed mushroom |
|
trama type |
n/a |
|
cap cuticle type |
n/a |
|
clamp connections |
none |
|
cystidia |
none |
|
morphology summary |
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| Notes
|
The caps of several mushrooms often grow together. Conifer needles are often stuck to the base of the stipe. Most of the gill morphology slots were left empty because this mushroom has spines. |
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