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Family
Russulaceae
Accession Number
Genus
Russula
Species
emetica
Species Author
(Schaeff.) Pers.
Date
23/10/2021
Morphological Description
Collector
Marija Bozik
Number
PETTY_215
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
6 pink or salmon
Secondary color top surface
5 orange
Cap color with age
6 pink or salmon
Cap stain color
6 pink or salmon
Cap width
40
Cap surface texture
2 smooth
Cap stickiness
3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color
No
Cap stalk easily part
Yes
Cap hygrophanous
No
Cap flesh color
1 white
Cap flesh stain color
1 white
Flesh hardness
2 firm, fleshy
Flesh toughness
2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture
4 brittle or crumbly
Cap cross section
2 recurved
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
4 brittle or crumbly
Stipe flesh color
1 white
Stipe flesh stain color
1 white
Stipe primary color
1 white
Stipe secondary color
1 white
Stipe stain color
1 white
Stipe surface texture
10 smooth
Stipe width
20
Stipe length
45
Gill attachment
2 adnexed
Gill collarium
No
Gill sawtooth edge
No
Hymenium color when young
1 white
Hymenium color when mature
1 white
Hymenium stain color
6 pink or salmon
Gills break from cap
Yes
Gills deliquescent
Gills mottled face
Gills secede from stalk
Gills waxy feel
No
Gills anastomosing
Gills forked
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
1 anise, fruity, sweet
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
17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction potassium
Spore shape
3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation
warty
Spore length
10.4
Spore width
9
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
trama type
cap cuticle type
clamp connections
cystidia
morphology summary
Notes
Solitary mushroom, cuticle easily peels off, stem very brittle, cap is peachy/orange colour, growing near coniferous tree, odour of slight coconut, very acrid taste
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