| Family
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Mycenaceae |
| Accession Number
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| Genus
|
Mycena |
| Species
|
maculata |
| Species Author
|
P. Karst |
| Date
|
24/10/2015 |
| Morphological Description
|
A little brown mushroom, 5-6cm tall, with a tan cap 2-3 cm wide and a light gray stipe; reddish-brown staining occurs on cap and stipe; base of stipe has prominent white hairs and is rooting. |
| Collector
|
Aubrey Doherty |
| Number
|
ADoherty12 |
|
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 |
8 tan - light brown |
|
Secondary color top surface |
2 light gray |
|
Cap color with age |
8 tan - light brown |
|
Cap stain color |
10 rust brown (reddish brown) |
|
Cap width |
2-3 |
|
Cap surface texture |
3 rough, wrinkled, cracked, warts |
|
Cap stickiness |
5 moist feel |
|
Cap has concentric zones of color |
No |
|
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 |
1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous |
|
Flesh toughness |
2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile |
|
Flesh fracture |
2 irregular tear |
|
Cap cross section |
3 incurved |
|
Cap margin surface |
2 smooth |
|
Cap edge |
1 smooth |
|
Stipe shape |
5 rooting |
|
Stipe core |
2 hollow |
|
Stipe position |
1 central |
|
Stipe flesh hardness |
1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous |
|
Stipe flesh toughness |
2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile |
|
Stipe flesh fracture |
2 irregular tear |
|
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 |
2 light gray |
|
Stipe stain color |
10 rust brown (reddish brown) |
|
Stipe surface texture |
9 hairy |
|
Stipe width |
15-20 |
|
Stipe length |
50-60 |
|
Gill attachment |
6 notched |
|
Gill collarium |
No |
|
Gill sawtooth edge |
No |
|
Hymenium color when young |
1 white |
|
Hymenium color when mature |
1 white |
|
Hymenium stain color |
10 rust brown (reddish brown) |
|
Gills break from cap |
No |
|
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 |
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 |
3 compact clumps |
|
Taste |
3 mild/none |
|
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
|
4 yellow/gold |
|
Reaction potassium |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Spore shape |
3 elliptical |
|
Spore ornamentation |
|
|
Spore length |
7.5-8 |
|
Spore width |
5 |
|
phylum |
Basidiomycota |
|
material collected |
gilled mushroom |
|
trama type |
|
|
cap cuticle type |
|
|
clamp connections |
|
|
cystidia |
with finger-like projections |
|
morphology summary |
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| Notes
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Date Created |
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Date Modified |
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