its densely hairy cap, its white mature gills, and its frequently off-center stem. the color ofthe cap varies from purple to pinkish brown, orangish brown, or tan—but the hairiness does not vary. the stem is sometimes nearly absent, leading to potential confusion with faded specimens of phyllotopsis...
west coast. a combination of features makes artomyces pyxidatus fairly unmistakable: it grows on wood (usually the wood of hardwoods); its colors, when fresh, are whitish to yellowish; and its branch tips are distinctively "crowned," featuring a tiny cuplike depression surrounded by - points. microscopic...
as initial material. unlike other electrolytic cells, a diaphragm separates the anolyte and catholyte solutions that are generated respectively at the anode and cathode chambers ofthe cell. thus preventing the two streams mixing and inter-reacting to form a simple sodium hypochlorite solution, as it...
fairly easily identified on the basis of its orange-brown colors, its collapsing cottony ring , and its strong mealy odor. with maturity, olive shades may begin to develop on the cap. a drop of koh on the cap surface produces a bright dull to bright red reaction. microscopic features for tricholoma...
on this day quizzes new articles wasabi wasabi, (eutrema japonicum), plant ofthe mustard family (brassicaceae) and a pungent paste made of its ground rhizomes. the plant is native to japan, south korea, and sakhalin, russia, and its cultivation is limited because of its specific growing requirements...
on the continent, and easily recognized by its dark, mottled gills, its nearly black spore print , its hairy ("fibrillose," in mycologese) cap, and the ring zone on its stem. it was always rather un- psathyrella -ish, and mycologists over the years have debated where to place it. recent dna studies...
attempting to separate them from softer, fleshier puffballs. about species of scleroderma have been described world-wide, and most of these occur in north america. the easily recognized scleroderma citrinum is well known and common, and famous for hosting the curious bolete boletus parasiticus . in...
in the fresh state; i have only studied decades-old herbarium specimens that fail to convey the beauty ofthe species. the terrestrial growth habit, cushion-shaped cap, and ribbed stem with a pink base distinguish gyromitra californica from all other species of gyromitra but gyromitra sphaerospora,...
logs after heavy rains. it is whitish or nearly transparent, and fairly large (up to about cm across)--and it features graceful gelatinous lobes rather than the glob-like blobs that typify so many other jelly fungi. like many jellies, tremella fuciformis has a life cycle that is intertwined with that...