Family
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Mycenaceae |
Accession Number
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Genus
|
Mycena |
Species
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cf. purpureofusca |
Species Author
|
(Pers.) P.Kumm |
Date
|
22/10/2011 |
Morphological Description
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Collector
|
Kimberly Chen |
Number
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2 |
Cap shape when mature |
3 convex to plane |
Cap shape in center |
1 raised |
Cap shape from above |
1 circular-even if wavy |
color of top surface |
10 rust brown (reddish brown) |
Secondary color top surface |
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Cap color with age |
10 rust brown (reddish brown) |
Cap stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
Cap width |
3 |
Cap surface texture |
2 smooth |
Cap stickiness |
1 dry |
Cap has concentric zones of color |
Yes |
Cap stalk easily part |
Yes |
Cap hygrophanous |
No |
Cap flesh color |
1 white |
Cap flesh stain color |
6 pink or salmon |
Flesh hardness |
1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous |
Flesh toughness |
1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage |
Flesh fracture |
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Cap cross section |
5 straight |
Cap margin surface |
1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge) |
Cap edge |
2 wavy or lobed |
Stipe shape |
3 equal |
Stipe core |
2 hollow |
Stipe position |
1 central |
Stipe flesh hardness |
1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous |
Stipe flesh toughness |
1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage |
Stipe flesh fracture |
3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction |
Stipe flesh color |
3 pale yellow or cream |
Stipe flesh stain color |
8 tan - light brown |
Stipe primary color |
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Stipe secondary color |
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Stipe stain color |
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Stipe surface texture |
9 hairy |
Stipe width |
1 |
Stipe length |
85 |
Gill attachment |
2 adnexed |
Gill collarium |
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Gill sawtooth edge |
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Hymenium color when young |
1 white |
Hymenium color when mature |
6 pink or salmon |
Hymenium stain color |
6 pink or salmon |
Gills break from cap |
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Gills deliquescent |
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Gills mottled face |
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Gills secede from stalk |
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Gills waxy feel |
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Gills anastomosing |
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Gills forked |
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Ring type |
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Partial veil type |
5 none |
Ring location on stalk |
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Ring number |
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Ring color |
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Volva type |
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Volva color |
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Habit |
1 solitary or scattered |
Taste |
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Smell |
2 mild/none |
Spore print color |
3 pale yellow or cream |
Latex color |
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Latex stain color |
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Reaction ammonia color |
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Reaction ferrous sulphate color |
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Reaction Melzer's color
|
13 blue |
Reaction potassium |
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Spore shape |
2 cylindrical |
Spore ornamentation |
1 smooth |
Spore length |
6 |
Spore width |
6 |
phylum |
Basidiomycota |
material collected |
gilled mushroom |
trama type |
parallel |
cap cuticle type |
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clamp connections |
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cystidia |
club like |
morphology summary |
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Notes
|
Does not appear to "bleed" as a M. haematopus should. Also, gill edge is pigmented a dark color under the dissecting microscope. M. haematopus does not have pigmented gills edges. I cannot tell what color the edges are because they were only observed on the dried specimen. |
Date Created |
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Date Modified |
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