| Family
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Cortinariaceae |
| Accession Number
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F20349 |
| Genus
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Cortinarius |
| Species
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variicolor |
| Species Author
|
(Pers.) Fr. |
| Date
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23/10/2010 |
| Morphological Description
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| Collector
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Chelsea Gallant |
| Number
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cgallant25 |
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Cap shape when mature |
5 globular |
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Cap shape in center |
1 raised |
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Cap shape from above |
1 circular-even if wavy |
|
color of top surface |
8 tan - light brown |
|
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 |
4-6cm |
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Cap surface texture |
2 smooth |
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Cap stickiness |
4 oily |
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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 |
|
Cap flesh color |
1 white |
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Cap flesh stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Flesh hardness |
2 firm, fleshy |
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Flesh toughness |
2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile |
|
Flesh fracture |
3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction |
|
Cap cross section |
3 incurved |
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Cap margin surface |
2 smooth |
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Cap edge |
1 smooth |
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Stipe shape |
3 equal |
|
Stipe core |
1 solid |
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Stipe position |
1 central |
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Stipe flesh hardness |
2 firm, fleshy |
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Stipe flesh toughness |
2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile |
|
Stipe flesh fracture |
3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction |
|
Stipe flesh color |
1 white |
|
Stipe flesh stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Stipe primary color |
8 tan - light brown |
|
Stipe secondary color |
14 purple, violet, or lilac |
|
Stipe stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Stipe surface texture |
8 fibrilose |
|
Stipe width |
1-1.5cm |
|
Stipe length |
80-90 |
|
Gill attachment |
1 adnate |
|
Gill collarium |
No |
|
Gill sawtooth edge |
No |
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Hymenium color when young |
|
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Hymenium color when mature |
9 brown- use when other browns do not fit |
|
Hymenium stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Gills break from cap |
Yes |
|
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 |
1 cobwebby |
|
Ring location on stalk |
5 none |
|
Ring number |
3 none |
|
Ring color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Volva type |
4 indistinct |
|
Volva color |
1 white |
|
Habit |
3 compact clumps |
|
Taste |
3 mild/none |
|
Smell |
2 mild/none |
|
Spore print color |
8 tan - light brown |
|
Latex color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Latex stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Reaction ammonia color |
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Reaction ferrous sulphate color |
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| Reaction Melzer's color
|
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Reaction potassium |
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Spore shape |
3 elliptical |
|
Spore ornamentation |
2 rough |
|
Spore length |
12.5 |
|
Spore width |
7.5 |
|
phylum |
Basidiomycota |
|
material collected |
gilled mushroom |
|
trama type |
parallel |
|
cap cuticle type |
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clamp connections |
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cystidia |
None |
|
morphology summary |
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| Notes
|
Growing in small groups of 3-4 fused mushrooms. No distinguishing smell, taste or color change from bruising. Top of stipe initially lilac tinted, fading to light brown with time. Original id Cortinarius spadicellus. But C. spadicellus has a viscid cap and this collection, like C. variicolor, has a silky cap. |
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