| Family
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Bankeraceae |
| Accession Number
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F33237 |
| Genus
|
Phellodon |
| Species
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melaleucus |
| Species Author
|
(Sw. ex Fr.) P. Karst. |
| Date
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28/10/2017 |
| Morphological Description
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Feshy toothed mushroom. Smell of dried spices or curry. Cap surface concave, velvety to matted with concentric zones of from dark purple to grey in the center to white on the margins; surface is rough and lined with pits and ridges. Hymenium of tooth-like projections that don’t appear to have any relation to the positions of the pits or ridges. Cap 2 cm in diameter, stipe 0.75 cm tall. Small twigs and leaves were enveloped in the fruiting body
No cystidi. |
| Collector
|
Reva Shenwai |
| Number
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135635 |
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Cap shape when mature |
2 funnel |
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Cap shape in center |
3 depressed |
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Cap shape from above |
2 irregular |
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color of top surface |
15 black or dark gray |
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Secondary color top surface |
14 purple, violet, or lilac |
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Cap color with age |
15 black or dark gray |
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Cap stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Cap width |
20 |
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Cap surface texture |
3 rough, wrinkled, cracked, warts |
|
Cap stickiness |
1 dry |
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Cap has concentric zones of color |
Yes |
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Cap stalk easily part |
No |
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Cap hygrophanous |
Yes |
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Cap flesh color |
15 black or dark gray |
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Cap flesh stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
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Flesh hardness |
4 very hard, woody |
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Flesh toughness |
4 very tough - very difficult to tear by hand |
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Flesh fracture |
3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction |
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Cap cross section |
1 upturned |
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Cap margin surface |
2 smooth |
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Cap edge |
2 wavy or lobed |
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Stipe shape |
6 taper down |
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Stipe core |
1 solid |
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Stipe position |
2 off-center |
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Stipe flesh hardness |
4 very hard, woody |
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Stipe flesh toughness |
4 very tough - very difficult to tear by hand |
|
Stipe flesh fracture |
3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction |
|
Stipe flesh color |
15 black or dark gray |
|
Stipe flesh stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Stipe primary color |
15 black or dark gray |
|
Stipe secondary color |
2 light gray |
|
Stipe stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Stipe surface texture |
8 fibrilose |
|
Stipe width |
7.5 |
|
Stipe length |
7.5 |
|
Gill attachment |
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Gill collarium |
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Gill sawtooth edge |
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Hymenium color when young |
1 white |
|
Hymenium color when mature |
1 white |
|
Hymenium stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
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 |
5 none |
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Partial veil type |
5 none |
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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 |
6 other |
|
Spore print color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
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 |
15 black or dark gray |
|
Spore shape |
3 elliptical |
|
Spore ornamentation |
echinulate |
|
Spore length |
3.8 |
|
Spore width |
3.6 |
|
phylum |
Basidiomycota |
|
material collected |
toothed mushroom |
|
trama type |
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cap cuticle type |
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clamp connections |
None present |
|
cystidia |
None present |
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morphology summary |
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| Notes
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Date Created |
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Date Modified |
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