for you some ofthe crucial morphological features for thegenus: the shape ofthe cap, the color ofthe young gills (before they turn pink), the odor and taste , and the color ofthe stem when fresh. micromorphological features, which almost always have to be assessed in this god-forsaken genus, can...
from other boletes by their pinkish pore surfaces—though young specimens in the button stage often have a whitish pore surface, causing confusion with other boletes, and a handful of species have brown pore surfaces. there is no partial veil , and the spore print is usually pinkish brown to reddish...
clones from. breadfruit can be a solution to hunger in some parts ofthe east african region and the entire african continent facing irregular supply of food. japhet ruto crops august hits: using agricultural waste to grow mushrooms print email mushroom farming in kenya is steadily gathering pace as...
common in the southern appalachian mountains but also found throughout northeastern north america. when young, the cap and upper stem of entoloma violaceum are brownish purple, although the cap may later become dark brown, brown, or grayish beige. the cap surface is silky or finely scaly, the young...
estimated well over a thousand). although themushrooms in cortinarius are very diverse, it is usually pretty easy to figure out when you are looking at one, once you get the hang of it. first, they have cortinas covering their gills when young (hence the name ofthegenus); sometimes the tiny fibers...
ago, there were two north american honey mushrooms: armillaria mellea and armillaria tabsescens —and thegenus armillaria held many mushrooms. this state of affairs was too easy for mycologists, however. someone had to go and point out that armillaria contained many mushrooms that differed widely in...
the base in mature specimens) and their yellow spore prints . like most boletes, they are mycorrhizal . they grow primarily east ofthe rocky mountains, but at least one species, gyroporus castaneus , is reported in california; a few species range south into mexico and central america. identification...
, is easily separated from the others on the basis of its size and its stem. three other north american species, often treated broadly as "sarcoscypha coccinea" in field guides, are more difficult to separate, and may require microscopic analysis for identification. all four are keyed out below. key...
cortinarius appears in summer in the forests of central illinois, apparently in association with hickories . like the european species cortinarius caerulescens (first described in from germany) it features purple colors, a bulbous stem base, and copious white to yellowish universal veil material on...
of them, and probably hundreds of undocumented, "cryptic" species. in fact inocybe is often treated less as a genusof mycorrhizal mushrooms than as a mycological rite of passage; if you have not "put a name on" a few inocybes at some point in your life, good luck getting your (myco-) country club membership...