MUOB
Mushroom Observer
Catalog #: MUOB 352637
Taxon: Mycena aetites (Fr.) Quel.
Family: Mycenaceae
Collector: Django Grootmyers   MUOB 352637   
Date: 2018-12-25
Verbatim Date: 2018-12-25
Locality: United States, Indiana, Centerville, Cope Environmental Center
39.8032  -84.9703
Elevation: 186-186 meters (610-610ft)
Description: Original observation #352637 (Mushroom Observer)
Occurrence Remarks: Growing abundantly among conifer litter. Caps and stems dry. Caps hygrophanous. Odor not distinctive. Lamellar trama vinescent in Melzer's reagent. Clamps present. Cheilocystidia present and abundant, smooth, mucronate, obovate, fusoid-ventircose, etc. with an apical appendage that is occasionally branched. Cheilocystidia measurements from Piximetre: (34.6) 45.1 - 62 (75.7) Ã- (8.2) 11.1 - 16.6 (17.3) µm, Q = (2) 2.8 - 5.3 (7.5); N = 29, Me = 54.1 Ã- 14.1 µm; Qe = 4.1 Individual cheilocystidia: 49.28 x 16.42 µm, 61.20 x 16.04 µm, 54.96 x 16.67 µm, 41.74 x 17.28 µm, 41.36 x 12.24 µm, 45.10 x 16.55 µm, 51.91 x 12.01 µm, 65.44 x 16.18 µm, 34.64 x 16.92 µm, 61.03 x 15.02 µm, 60.67 x 15.94 µm, 52.02 x 9.35 µm, 55.26 x 11.33 µm, 48.18 x 16.39 µm, 57.69 x 11.55 µm, 54.47 x 11.14 µm, 58.06 x 15.23 µm, 61.99 x 8.21 µm, 60.55 x 11.42 µm, 75.75 x 11.00 µm, 51.86 x 14.38 µm, 45.30 x 16.42 µm, 51.60 x 11.87 µm, 59.84 x 15.99 µm, 49.02 x 16.03 µm, 49.15 x 16.49 µm, 47.92 x 11.58 µm, 60.43 x 16.04 µm, 63.30 x 11.89 µm Pleurocystidia present but rare, similar to the cheilocystidia. Spores smooth, thin-walled and slightly amyloid. Spore measurements from Piximetre: (7.3) 7.7 - 10.2 (11) Ã- (4) 4.3 - 5.3 (5.9) µm, Q = (1.5) 1.7 - 2.1 (2.2); N = 30, Me = 8.8 Ã- 4.8 µm; Qe = 1.9 Individual spores: 8.70 x 4.25 µm, 10.44 x 5.04 µm, 8.55 x 4.94 µm, 10.52 x 4.85 µm, 8.89 x 4.64 µm, 7.95 x 4.33 µm, 8.74 x 3.99 µm, 9.26 x 5.22 µm, 8.70 x 4.72 µm, 8.23 x 4.79 µm, 11.04 x 5.81 µm, 8.30 x 5.34 µm, 7.73 x 4.05 µm, 7.98 x 4.92 µm, 10.00 x 4.98 µm, 7.62 x 4.57 µm, 9.03 x 4.86 µm, 9.05 x 5.85 µm, 9.85 x 4.82 µm, 9.98 x 5.32 µm, 10.16 x 4.65 µm, 8.58 x 4.48 µm, 7.96 x 4.82 µm, 8.12 x 4.29 µm, 8.65 x 4.18 µm, 7.29 x 4.33 µm, 7.99 x 4.25 µm, 8.51 x 5.07 µm, 7.60 x 4.54 µm, 9.22 x 4.80 µm
Disposition: vouchered
Specimen Images
Rights Holder: MO Observers
Record Id: 816e5945-c53f-449a-ac5f-328135641d11
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Nathan Wilson (nathan@collectivesource.com)
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