ring zone ; the granules often wearing away as the mushroom matures, exposing a coarse, whitish surface below. flesh: whitish. odor and taste : taste mild, slightly oily, or mealy; odor similar. chemical reactions : koh on cap surface dark purple to black. spore print : white. microscopic features : spores...
consisting of one, unbranched clump of - cm long, soft spines hanging from a tough, hidden base that is attached to the tree; spines white, or in age discoloring brownish to yellowish. flesh: white; not changing when sliced. odor and taste : not distinctive. spore print : white. microscopic features : spores...
flesh: insubstantial; pale; not changing when sliced. milk: white; often scanty; not changing on exposure to air; not staining tissues. odor and taste : odor strongly of coconuts; taste slightly acrid. spore print : cream. chemical reactions : koh yellowish on cap surface. microscopic features : spores...
surfaces, but drying very slowly yellowish to greenish; staining white paper yellow overnight. odor and taste : odor not distinctive; taste quickly burning-acrid. chemical reactions : koh negative to yellowish on cap surface. spore print : reported as white by hesler & smith ( ). microscopic features : spores...
white; unchanging; not staining tissues, or staining them slowly brownish to lilac brownish; slowly staining white paper yellow. odor and taste : odor not distinctive; taste strongly acrid. chemical reactions : koh negative on cap surface. spore print : yellowish to yellow. microscopic features : spores...
sometimes faintly lined. gills: attached to the stem or free from it; nearly distant; white or pale tan. stem: - cm long; - mm thick; equal; dry; tough and pliant; whitish or colored like the cap. flesh: tough; whitish. odor and taste : not distinctive. spore print : white. microscopic features : spores...
across and – mm thick; surface bald, moist, pale brown to medium dark brown, becoming wrinkled toward point of attachment; without a stem; flesh gelatinous, brown. odor and taste : not distinctive. chemical reactions : koh negative on surfaces. iron salts negative on surfaces. microscopic features : spores...
pale brownish beneath darker brown granules arranged in stretched-out zones (especially near the base); basal mycelium white. flesh: white; soft; unchanging when sliced. odor and taste : somewhat radishlike. chemical reactions : koh negative on cap surface. spore print : pink. microscopic features : spores...
positive identification) include elliptical spores with well developed warts, and a distinctive pileipellis that lacks pileocystidia but features multi-septate end cells. russula flavisiccans is very similar, but has a bitter to unpleasant taste; additionally, its stem is never flushed with pink, its...
often discoloring and bruising slightly brownish; with a cream-colored, skirt-like ring ; the base enclosed in a sack-like, white to yellowish volva that sometimes crumbles. flesh: white to faintly yellowish; unchanging when sliced. odor : not distinctive. spore print : white. microscopic features : spores...