| Family
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Hygrophoraceae |
| Accession Number
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| Genus
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Ampulloclitocybe |
| Species
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clavipes |
| Species Author
|
(Pers.) Redhead, Lutzoni, Moncalvo & Vilgalys |
| Date
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01/01/2021 |
| Morphological Description
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Macroscopic characters: trumpet-shaped (infundibuliform) individual mushrooms with a slightly clavate stipe; light grey-brown cap with slightly upturned and undulating margins; creamy white gills and white spore print; stipe is similar in color to cap, although with a coating of fibrils; no color change with bruising or time; earthy and mild taste and odour; cap 2.5-3.5 centimeters across; stipe 0.5-1 centimeter in thickness; total height 7.5-9 centimeters
Microscopic characters: ellipsoid (oval), smooth, white to hyaline spores from 5-8 micrometers in length and 3-4 micrometers in width; gills lined with basidia; cystidia not present |
| Collector
|
Edward Sun |
| Number
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E.SUN2021 |
|
Cap shape when mature |
2 funnel |
|
Cap shape in center |
3 depressed |
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Cap shape from above |
1 circular-even if wavy |
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color of top surface |
9 brown- use when other browns do not fit |
|
Secondary color top surface |
9 brown- use when other browns do not fit |
|
Cap color with age |
9 brown- use when other browns do not fit |
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Cap stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Cap width |
35 |
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Cap surface texture |
2 smooth |
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Cap stickiness |
5 moist feel |
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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 |
No |
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Cap flesh color |
2 light gray |
|
Cap flesh stain color |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Flesh hardness |
2 firm, fleshy |
|
Flesh toughness |
2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile |
|
Flesh fracture |
3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction |
|
Cap cross section |
1 upturned |
|
Cap margin surface |
2 smooth |
|
Cap edge |
1 smooth |
|
Stipe shape |
2 clavate |
|
Stipe core |
3 pithy |
|
Stipe position |
1 central |
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Stipe flesh hardness |
2 firm, fleshy |
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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 |
2 light gray |
|
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 |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Stipe surface texture |
8 fibrilose |
|
Stipe width |
7 |
|
Stipe length |
42 |
|
Gill attachment |
3 decurrent |
|
Gill collarium |
No |
|
Gill sawtooth edge |
No |
|
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 |
No |
|
Gills deliquescent |
No |
|
Gills mottled face |
No |
|
Gills secede from stalk |
No |
|
Gills waxy feel |
No |
|
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 |
2 numerous or trooping, but not in 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
|
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Reaction potassium |
17 none - no stains or not applicable |
|
Spore shape |
3 elliptical |
|
Spore ornamentation |
none |
|
Spore length |
7.8 |
|
Spore width |
5.5 |
|
phylum |
Basidiomycota |
|
material collected |
gilled mushroom |
|
trama type |
fibrous, white |
|
cap cuticle type |
smooth (glabrous); soft; most; light grey-brown |
|
clamp connections |
present |
|
cystidia |
absent |
|
morphology summary |
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| Notes
|
Individual infundibuliform mushrooms growing in leaf litter between the roots of a sword fern (Polystichum sp.) and near hemlocks (Tsuga sp.); slightly bulbous base with white basal mycelia; bright white gills; upper surface of cap is colored grey; stipe is slightly fibrous in texture |
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