undersurface whitish to pale brownish, bald, only rarely ingrown with stem where contact occurs; the young margin folding downward, towards the stem, rather than curling upwards. flesh: thin; brittle. stem: - cm long; to about cm thick; more or less equal; cream colored; bald; hollow. microscopic features : spores...
when sliced. odor and taste : odor (best detected when specimens are drying or have been recently dried and packaged) strongly sweet and slightly foul, reminiscent of honey going bad; taste not distinctive. chemical reactions : koh negative on cap surface. spore print : white. microscopic features : spores...
in fact, the usda claims to be ignorant of fully half of the hypomyces hyalinus life-cycle: "[t]here is no proven connection between h. hyalinus and any anamorph." what we see on amanita rubescens is called the "telomorph," the sexual stage of the fungus (which produces asci and sexual spores ). the...
rocky mountains and westward. clitocybe gibba is a well known synonym. the relatively recent genus infundibulicybe was established to reflect the fact that dna studies have placed this mushroom and closely related species far from other clitocybe species. see harmaja , and redhead and collaborators for...
surface and a margin that exudes droplets of amber liquid when fresh and young. it has a buff pore surface that bruises and ages brown, composed of very tiny pores. under the microscope, it features curved setae and subglobose spores. description: ecology: parasitic on living oaks in eastern north america...
staining when sliced. milk: watery or whey-like; not copious; not staining tissues. odor and taste : odor like maple syrup or burned sugar, becoming stronger when the mushroom is dried; taste mild. spore print : pale yellow or whitish. chemical reactions : koh on cap negative. microscopic features : spores...
or brownish. flesh: whitish; firm. milk: white, promptly turning yellow on exposure to air; scanty. odor and taste : odor not distinctive; taste mild or slowly slightly acrid. chemical reactions : koh negative to faintly orange on cap surface. spore print : white or creamy. microscopic features : spores...
without potholes; colored like the cap, but paler. flesh: whitish to pinkish or orangish; not changing when sliced. milk: white; unchanging; not staining tissues. odor and taste : odor slightly fragrant, or not distinctive; taste acrid (sometimes slowly so). spore print : white. microscopic features : spores...
crushed or broken. flesh: insubstantial; pallid or colored like the cap; exuding a purplish red juice when crushed or cut. odor and taste : odor fruity or not distinctive; taste strongly bitter and unpleasant. spore print : white. chemical reactions : koh yellow on cap surface. microscopic features : spores...
pores per mm; tubes to mm deep per layer; flesh woody and tough, whitish to brownish; stem absent. odor and taste : not distinctive. chemical reactions : cap surface red to blackish with koh. spore print : presumably white, but not documented (i have not tried to obtain one). microscopic features : spores...