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Family
Russulaceae
Accession Number
Genus
Russula
Species
decolorans
Species Author
(Fr.) Fr.
Date
23/10/2021
Morphological Description
Collector
Yun Ting Pang
Number
YP2021OCT23.14
Cap shape when mature
3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center
3 depressed
Cap shape from above
1 circular-even if wavy
color of top surface
5 orange
Secondary color top surface
4 yellow/gold
Cap color with age
5 orange
Cap stain color
Cap width
65
Cap surface texture
2 smooth
Cap stickiness
3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color
No
Cap stalk easily part
No
Cap hygrophanous
No
Cap flesh color
1 white
Cap flesh stain color
Flesh hardness
2 firm, fleshy
Flesh toughness
2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture
2 irregular tear
Cap cross section
3 incurved
Cap margin surface
2 smooth
Cap edge
1 smooth
Stipe shape
3 equal
Stipe core
1 solid
Stipe position
1 central
Stipe flesh hardness
2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness
2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh fracture
2 irregular tear
Stipe flesh color
2 light gray
Stipe flesh stain color
Stipe primary color
1 white
Stipe secondary color
2 light gray
Stipe stain color
Stipe surface texture
8 fibrilose
Stipe width
20
Stipe length
60
Gill attachment
2 adnexed
Gill collarium
No
Gill sawtooth edge
No
Hymenium color when young
1 white
Hymenium color when mature
2 light gray
Hymenium stain color
Gills break from cap
No
Gills deliquescent
No
Gills mottled face
No
Gills secede from stalk
No
Gills waxy feel
No
Gills anastomosing
Yes
Gills forked
No
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
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
1 bean shaped
Spore ornamentation
Covered in black warts
Spore length
1
Spore width
0.5
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
trama type
cap cuticle type
clamp connections
cystidia
morphology summary
Notes
Growing individually at the root of a hemlock tree, associated with the root, there were 2 mushrooms present at the collection site, almost half of the specimen was underground
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