Family
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Pluteaceae |
Accession Number
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F23775 |
Genus
|
Pluteus |
Species
|
pouzarianus |
Species Author
|
Singer |
Date
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20/10/2012 |
Morphological Description
|
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Collector
|
Christopher Ng |
Number
|
CN323W01 |
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 |
11 dark brown |
Secondary color top surface |
2 light gray |
Cap color with age |
9 brown- use when other browns do not fit |
Cap stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
Cap width |
26 |
Cap surface texture |
2 smooth |
Cap stickiness |
5 moist feel |
Cap has concentric zones of color |
Yes |
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 |
Flesh toughness |
3 tough - does not tear easily |
Flesh fracture |
3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction |
Cap cross section |
5 straight |
Cap margin surface |
2 smooth |
Cap edge |
1 smooth |
Stipe shape |
3 equal |
Stipe core |
1 solid |
Stipe position |
1 central |
Stipe flesh hardness |
2 firm, fleshy |
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 |
8 tan - light brown |
Stipe stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
Stipe surface texture |
10 smooth |
Stipe width |
15 |
Stipe length |
90 |
Gill attachment |
5 free |
Gill collarium |
No |
Gill sawtooth edge |
No |
Hymenium color when young |
9 brown- use when other browns do not fit |
Hymenium color when mature |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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 |
Yes |
Gills waxy feel |
Yes |
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 |
1 solitary or scattered |
Taste |
3 mild/none |
Smell |
2 mild/none |
Spore print color |
10 rust brown (reddish brown) |
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 |
3 elliptical |
Spore ornamentation |
1 smooth |
Spore length |
7 |
Spore width |
5 |
phylum |
Basidiomycota |
material collected |
gilled mushroom |
trama type |
|
cap cuticle type |
no |
clamp connections |
no |
cystidia |
yes |
morphology summary |
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Notes
|
Distinctive Features: (1) uniformly round, brown cap with silk-like texture, clamps in cuticle hyphae (2) long white fibrous stipe, centrally attached (3) free-standing white gills, slightly crowded (4) partial and universal veil absentCap: (1) size: ~26 mm in diameter (2) shape: evenly round (3) colour: chestnut/dark- brown (4) surface texture: smoothGills: (1) colour: white (2) attachment: free-standing (3) spacing: crowded (4) cystidia and basidia presentStem: (1) size: ~ 90 mm in length / ~ 15 mm in width (2) shape: equal, flexible (3) colour: white, but brown at base (4) surface texture: smooth, but fibrous under microscope (5) moisture: lightFlesh: no apparent bruising, whiteOdour and Taste: no distinguishable taste or smellSpore Print: (1) colour: cinnamon/reddish- brown (salmon-like colour) (2) shape: ellipsoidal spores, smooth (3) sampled spore size: (0.25 x 2.5)μm x (0.25 x 2.5)μm (0.35 x 2.5)μm x (0.2 x 2.5)μm (0.30 x 2.5)μm x (0.25 x 2.5)μm (0.35 x 2.5)μm x (0.2 x 2.5)μm (0.30 x 2.5)μm x (0.25 x 2.5)μm |
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