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WTU Accession
WTU-F-038420
Phylogeny Clade Name
rosacea var. macropseudocystidiata
Clade number:
37
Data entered
Date
10/20/1974 Collection No.
006
Local
Myco Exhibit No. Specimens.
3
Event
Flora
Weather
Cap
Notes on Cap
Red scarlet -edge of margin pink -edge striate, peel 1/2 +/- viscid
3-5cm. Gills white close, lamellulae infrequent.
Cap size
3 to 5 cm
Methuen Cap Colour Code
Methuen Chart
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Size:
3 to 5 cm
Cap surface
wet: viscid
dry:
Photo
Cap Margin
striate1
Cuticle peeling
Gills
Gill spacing
close
Gill width
Colour
Forks in gills
Subgills
few
Gill edge
Stipe
Stipe length
greater than cap
Stipe stature
Stipe shape
Stipe colour
other
Stipe note
Shaded pink over white
Stipe flesh
Stipe surface
misc...
Bruising discoloration
Taste gills
medium hot
Taste flesh
medium hot
Odour note
Image(s)
R. rosacea is usually stockier than described, not particularly viscid and with an even cap margin. This could be R. americana -very similar but with Abies rather than Pinus, hard to tell with no habitat notes. -CR