| Family
|
Russulaceae |
| Accession Number
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| Genus
|
Russula |
| Species
|
R. brevipes |
| Species Author
|
Peck |
| Date
|
20/10/2018 |
| Morphological Description
|
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| Collector
|
Charanpreet Mahal |
| Number
|
CM2018RB |
|
Cap shape when mature |
2 funnel |
|
Cap shape in center |
3 depressed |
|
Cap shape from above |
1 circular-even if wavy |
|
color of top surface |
1 white |
|
Secondary color top surface |
10 rust brown (reddish brown) |
|
Cap color with age |
5 orange |
|
Cap stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Cap width |
145 |
|
Cap surface texture |
2 smooth |
|
Cap stickiness |
1 dry |
|
Cap has concentric zones of color |
No |
|
Cap stalk easily part |
Yes |
|
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 |
1 upturned |
|
Cap margin surface |
1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge) |
|
Cap edge |
2 wavy or lobed |
|
Stipe shape |
1 bulbous |
|
Stipe core |
3 pithy |
|
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 |
3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction |
|
Stipe flesh color |
1 white |
|
Stipe flesh stain color |
9 brown- use when other browns do not fit |
|
Stipe primary color |
1 white |
|
Stipe secondary color |
1 white |
|
Stipe stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Stipe surface texture |
10 smooth |
|
Stipe width |
35 |
|
Stipe length |
54 |
|
Gill attachment |
3 decurrent |
|
Gill collarium |
No |
|
Gill sawtooth edge |
No |
|
Hymenium color when young |
1 white |
|
Hymenium color when mature |
8 tan - light brown |
|
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 |
No |
|
Gills waxy feel |
Yes |
|
Gills anastomosing |
No |
|
Gills forked |
Yes |
|
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 |
1 acrid/peppery |
|
Smell |
4 unpleasant |
|
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
|
13 blue |
|
Reaction potassium |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Spore shape |
3 elliptical |
|
Spore ornamentation |
warts |
|
Spore length |
11 |
|
Spore width |
9 |
|
phylum |
Basidiomycota |
|
material collected |
gilled mushroom |
|
trama type |
N/A |
|
cap cuticle type |
N/A |
|
clamp connections |
N/A |
|
cystidia |
present |
|
morphology summary |
|
| Notes
|
Found in a clustered group of 3-4 mushrooms, emerging from the forest floor (low mound). Broad white cap, white stipe, with adnate to decurrent gills. |
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Date Modified |
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