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Family
Hypocreaceae
Accession Number
Genus
Hypomyces
Species
lactifluorum
Species Author
Tul. & C. Tul. 1860
Date
08/01/2022
Morphological Description
Odor: lobster/seafood-like; earthy, farinaceous, Taste: lobster/seafood-like, agreeable, farinaceous
Collector
Beatrice Vandenberghe
Number
BV2022Oct22.6
Cap shape when mature
2 funnel
Cap shape in center
3 depressed
Cap shape from above
2 irregular
color of top surface
5 orange
Secondary color top surface
3 pale yellow or cream
Cap color with age
5 orange
Cap stain color
Cap width
25
Cap surface texture
3 rough, wrinkled, cracked, warts
Cap stickiness
1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color
Cap stalk easily part
Cap hygrophanous
No
Cap flesh color
3 pale yellow or cream
Cap flesh stain color
Flesh hardness
2 firm, fleshy
Flesh toughness
2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture
Cap cross section
Cap margin surface
Cap edge
Stipe shape
Stipe core
Stipe position
2 off-center
Stipe flesh hardness
2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness
2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh fracture
Stipe flesh color
3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe flesh stain color
Stipe primary color
5 orange
Stipe secondary color
3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe stain color
Stipe surface texture
2 scabers - raised dots
Stipe width
8
Stipe length
22
Gill attachment
3 decurrent
Gill collarium
Gill sawtooth edge
Hymenium color when young
Hymenium color when mature
Hymenium stain color
Gills break from cap
No
Gills deliquescent
Gills mottled face
Gills secede from stalk
Gills waxy feel
No
Gills anastomosing
Gills forked
Ring type
Partial veil type
Ring location on stalk
Ring number
Ring color
Volva type
Volva color
Habit
2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Taste
7 other
Smell
6 other
Spore print color
17 none - no stains or not applicable
Latex color
Latex stain color
Reaction ammonia color
Reaction ferrous sulphate color
Reaction Melzer's color
Reaction potassium
Spore shape
Spore ornamentation
Spore length
35
Spore width
40
phylum
Ascomycota
material collected
perithecium
trama type
cap cuticle type
clamp connections
cystidia
morphology summary
Notes
Morphology primarily describes host, Russula aff. Brevipes, of which its attributes have been distorted due to parasitic infection
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