Monday, November 7, 2016

Mushroom Identification 2

Coltricia Cinnamomea 
Shelf mushroom
Name: Coltricia Cinnamomea    
Common name: Fairy Stool
 Family:  Hymenochaetaceae
Collection Date:10/22/16
Habitat:Solitary or in small groups on ground. On well-beaten paths, roadbanks or clearings. Widespread. Year round.
Location: James H. Barrow Field Station
Description:Usually terrestrial. Cap 1-5 cm broad. Circular in form. Centrally depressed. Surface dry, bright cinnamon. Yellow-brown color. Flesh very thin. 2-3 pores per mm and yellow-brown.
Key used: David Arora, 1986, Mushrooms Demystified
Keying Steps: 
1. Fruiting body with a stalk, appearing terrestrial.
2. Not concentrically-arranged plates or with very large pores. More than one cap.
3. Stalk well-developed and distict from cap. Thin tough flesh. Never spongy. 
4. Cap shiny or silky, not more than 5 cm broad. 
Coltricia Cinnamomea  

 
Figure 1: Close up of Thallus of fungi under dissecting scope. Notice smooth, yellow-brown coloration.
 
Figure 2: Under side of cap under microscope. Very small pores.
 
Figure 3: Cap of Fungi. Notice yellow-brown coloration. Depression in middle. Shelf-like form.    

1 comment:

  1. I don't even see a space for a picture with this sample- looks like there wasn't one posted

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