| Family
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Russulaceae |
| Accession Number
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F20353 |
| Genus
|
Russula |
| Species
|
chloroides |
| Species Author
|
(Krombh.) Bres. |
| Date
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23/10/2010 |
| Morphological Description
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| Collector
|
Emily Wan |
| Number
|
EW#6 |
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Cap shape when mature |
2 funnel |
|
Cap shape in center |
3 depressed |
|
Cap shape from above |
1 circular-even if wavy |
|
color of top surface |
1 white |
|
Secondary color top surface |
3 pale yellow or cream |
|
Cap color with age |
9 brown- use when other browns do not fit |
|
Cap stain color |
9 brown- use when other browns do not fit |
|
Cap width |
13.5cm |
|
Cap surface texture |
2 smooth |
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Cap stickiness |
1 dry |
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Cap has concentric zones of color |
Yes |
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Cap stalk easily part |
No |
|
Cap hygrophanous |
No |
|
Cap flesh color |
1 white |
|
Cap flesh stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Flesh hardness |
2 firm, fleshy |
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Flesh toughness |
3 tough - does not tear easily |
|
Flesh fracture |
4 brittle or crumbly |
|
Cap cross section |
5 straight |
|
Cap margin surface |
2 smooth |
|
Cap edge |
1 smooth |
|
Stipe shape |
3 equal |
|
Stipe core |
1 solid |
|
Stipe position |
2 off-center |
|
Stipe flesh hardness |
2 firm, fleshy |
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Stipe flesh toughness |
3 tough - does not tear easily |
|
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 |
1 white |
|
Stipe secondary color |
3 pale yellow or cream |
|
Stipe stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Stipe surface texture |
8 fibrilose |
|
Stipe width |
3 cm |
|
Stipe length |
65 |
|
Gill attachment |
3 decurrent |
|
Gill collarium |
No |
|
Gill sawtooth edge |
Yes |
|
Hymenium color when young |
1 white |
|
Hymenium color when mature |
3 pale yellow or cream |
|
Hymenium stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Gills break from cap |
No |
|
Gills deliquescent |
Yes |
|
Gills mottled face |
No |
|
Gills secede from stalk |
No |
|
Gills waxy feel |
No |
|
Gills anastomosing |
No |
|
Gills forked |
Yes |
|
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 |
1 solitary or scattered |
|
Taste |
1 acrid/peppery |
|
Smell |
2 mild/none |
|
Spore print color |
1 white |
|
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
|
14 purple, violet, or lilac |
|
Reaction potassium |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Spore shape |
6 circular |
|
Spore ornamentation |
2 rough |
|
Spore length |
10-12 |
|
Spore width |
8.75 |
|
phylum |
Basidiomycota |
|
material collected |
gilled mushroom |
|
trama type |
sphaerocyst |
|
cap cuticle type |
|
|
clamp connections |
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|
cystidia |
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morphology summary |
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| Notes
|
EW identified this as R. brevipes, which is correct based on N. American keys. But the sequence is very close to Tuebingen GenBank AF418604.1 and unlike R. brevipes, the specimen has a strong fishy smell. Spines are up to 1.5 um. For these reasons, MB proposes R. chloroides as an ID. |
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