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Family
Fomitopsidaceae
Accession Number
Genus
Postia
Species
fragilis
Species Author
(Fr.) Julich
Date
24/10/2015
Morphological Description
Collector
Walter Kwan
Number
TCW2
Cap shape when mature
3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center
Cap shape from above
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
50
Cap surface texture
2 smooth
Cap stickiness
1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color
No
Cap stalk easily part
Cap hygrophanous
Cap flesh color
1 white
Cap flesh stain color
9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Flesh hardness
2 firm, fleshy
Flesh toughness
2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture
Cap cross section
Cap margin surface
Cap edge
Stipe shape
Stipe core
Stipe position
Stipe flesh hardness
Stipe flesh toughness
Stipe flesh fracture
Stipe flesh color
Stipe flesh stain color
Stipe primary color
Stipe secondary color
Stipe stain color
Stipe surface texture
Stipe width
Stipe length
Gill attachment
Gill collarium
Gill sawtooth edge
Hymenium color when young
1 white
Hymenium color when mature
1 white
Hymenium stain color
9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Gills break from cap
Gills deliquescent
Gills mottled face
Gills secede from stalk
Gills waxy feel
Gills anastomosing
Gills forked
Ring type
Partial veil type
Ring location on stalk
Ring number
Ring color
Volva type
Volva color
Habit
1 solitary or scattered
Taste
Smell
1 anise, fruity, sweet
Spore print color
1 white
Latex color
Latex stain color
Reaction ammonia color
Reaction ferrous sulphate color
Reaction Melzer's color
Reaction potassium
Spore shape
7 sausage shape
Spore ornamentation
Spore length
5
Spore width
1.5
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
pored wood decay fungus
trama type
cap cuticle type
clamp connections
cystidia
morphology summary
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