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WTU Accession
WTU-F-038848
Phylogeny Clade Name
sierrensis
Clade number:
66
Data entered
Date
11/22/2001 Collection No.
BW_983
Local
LAKE KACHESS - FS ROAD 4832 No. Specimens.
3
Event
Flora
MIXED CONIFERS
Weather
Moist
Cap
Notes on Cap
Purple brown (maroon) with splotches of olive yellow.
Cap size
to 10.0 cm
Methuen Cap Colour Code
Methuen Chart
(new window).
Size:
to 10.0 cm
Cap surface
wet:
dry: smooth
Photo
habitat
Cap Margin
even
Cuticle peeling
26-50%
76-100%
Gills
Gill spacing
close
Gill width
wide
Colour
yellow
Forks in gills
none
Subgills
none
Gill edge
smooth
Stipe
Stipe length
equals cap
Stipe stature
medium
Stipe shape
cylindric
Stipe colour
white
Stipe note
Stipe flesh
firm
soft
Stipe surface
misc...
Bruising discoloration
unchanging
Taste gills
mild
Taste flesh
mild
Odour note
None
Image(s)
Amy Earl
Notes on pileipellis: +/- Erect thin hyphae, 2-3 µm diameter. Rounded tips. No pileicystidia evident. Septa not conspicuous but some seen with septum 25-30 µm from tip. Pileipellis a deep zone of undifferentiated, interwoven thin hyphae. Depth not measured.