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Family
Mycenaceae
Accession Number
F14061
Genus
Mycena
Species
sp.
Species Author
Date
Morphological Description
Cap: 0.5-2.0 cm diameter, planoconvex with a small cusp, brown/gray, smooth surface
Gills: Notched, dark brown, close, tough
Stipe: 3-8 cm long, narrow (0.2-0.5 cm), fibrous, smooth, pinky gray-brown, equal
Veil: Absent
Spore Print: White
Microscopic Characteristics:
Spores: amyloid in Melzer's
Trama: red in Melzer's
Collector
Rod Stirling
Number
ROD1
Cap shape when mature
3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center
Cap shape from above
color of top surface
Secondary color top surface
Cap color with age
Cap stain color
9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Cap width
0.5-2 cm
Cap surface texture
2 smooth
Cap stickiness
Cap has concentric zones of color
Cap stalk easily part
Cap hygrophanous
Cap flesh color
Cap flesh stain color
Flesh hardness
Flesh toughness
Flesh fracture
Cap cross section
Cap margin surface
Cap edge
Stipe shape
3 equal
Stipe core
Stipe position
Stipe flesh hardness
Stipe flesh toughness
Stipe flesh fracture
3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color
Stipe flesh stain color
Stipe primary color
9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Stipe secondary color
6 pink or salmon
Stipe stain color
Stipe surface texture
Stipe width
2-5
Stipe length
30-80
Gill attachment
6 notched
Gill collarium
Gill sawtooth edge
Hymenium color when young
Hymenium color when mature
Hymenium stain color
11 dark brown
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
5 none
Ring location on stalk
Ring number
Ring color
Volva type
Volva color
Habit
Taste
Smell
Spore print color
1 white
Latex color
Latex stain color
Reaction ammonia color
Reaction ferrous sulphate color
Reaction Melzer's color
7 red
Reaction potassium
Spore shape
Spore ornamentation
Spore length
Spore width
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
trama type
cap cuticle type
clamp connections
cystidia
morphology summary
Notes
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