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Family
Mycenaceae
Accession Number
Genus
Mycena
Species
Purpureofusca
Species Author
(Peck) Sacc.
Date
23/10/2021
Morphological Description
Collector
Angela Kanda
Number
AKOCT232021
Cap shape when mature
1 conical/bell shape
Cap shape in center
1 raised
Cap shape from above
1 circular-even if wavy
color of top surface
14 purple, violet, or lilac
Secondary color top surface
14 purple, violet, or lilac
Cap color with age
14 purple, violet, or lilac
Cap stain color
Cap width
1.9
Cap surface texture
Cap stickiness
2 sticky or slimy when dry
Cap has concentric zones of color
Cap stalk easily part
Cap hygrophanous
Cap flesh color
14 purple, violet, or lilac
Cap flesh stain color
17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh hardness
1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Flesh toughness
1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Flesh fracture
3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap cross section
Cap margin surface
Cap edge
Stipe shape
Stipe core
Stipe position
Stipe flesh hardness
Stipe flesh toughness
Stipe flesh fracture
Stipe flesh color
14 purple, violet, or lilac
Stipe flesh stain color
Stipe primary color
14 purple, violet, or lilac
Stipe secondary color
17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe stain color
Stipe surface texture
Stipe width
Stipe length
3.8
Gill attachment
2 adnexed
Gill collarium
Gill sawtooth edge
Hymenium color when young
Hymenium color when mature
Hymenium stain color
17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap
Gills deliquescent
Gills mottled face
Gills secede from stalk
Gills waxy feel
Gills anastomosing
Gills forked
Ring type
5 none
Partial veil type
5 none
Ring location on stalk
5 none
Ring number
Ring color
Volva type
Volva color
Habit
1 solitary or scattered
Taste
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
Reaction ferrous sulphate color
Reaction Melzer's color
Reaction potassium
Spore shape
3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation
smooth and broadly elliptical
Spore length
10
Spore width
8
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
trama type
cap cuticle type
clamp connections
cystidia
purple coloured
morphology summary
Notes
Gill edge appears to be a dark colour but is actually white - appears dark due to presence of purple coloured cystidia.
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