"fries was not far wrong," wrote alexander smith in , "when he placed rozites caperata in cortinarius" ( ). since so many friesian divisions have been mutilated by phylogenetic analysis, it is nice that fries's cortinarius caperatus is once again the correct name for this mushroom--after going through...
additionally, it tends to appear in the vicinity of--or even fruiting from--the decaying wood of big-toothed aspens and other hardwoods. so, while it is true that large specimens of morchella septentrionalis might be confused with small specimens of morchella angusticeps and require microscopic analysis for...
conifers, and microscopic features (including its smooth spores and the presence of clamp connections)--which means that the species is not very easy to identify with certainty without the use of a microscope, since many clitocyboid mushrooms look similar to the naked eye. the bulbous stem is what gives...
treatments of the two species, comparing the descriptions to the photos and to treatments in other guides. the names are applied inconsistently, yellowish-grayish mushrooms are described as pinkish-grayish (and vice-versa)--and to make your journey even more entertaining, cruise the internet or the library for...
wrinkled; orangish buff when young, darkening to orangish brown or cinnamon brown; flesh whitish, sometimes staining brownish in places when sliced. odor and taste : not distinctive. chemical reactions : surface negative with koh, greenish with iron salts. spore print : white. microscopic features : spores...