Attachment 7_Fungi Description Forms.docx

Boletoid and Polyporous Fungi Description Form Provide notes and circle as many of the characters from grouped character sets as appropriate.

Genus/species: __________________________________________________ Collection number: ___________________________ Collected by: ___________________________________________________ Date: _______________________________________ LAT ___ ___. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ° N (7 digits) LONG ___ ___ ___. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ° W (8 digits) NAD 83

Ecology:

General characters (write range of dimensions in mm for multiple specimens)

Color (note color gradations, spots, streaks, bruising, reaction, changes with age)

Cap characters:

Stem characters:

Stem shape: equal ventricose tapered at apex tapered at base clavate bulbous Surface texture: viscid sticky dry polished glabrous fibrillose punctate Surface ornamentation: glandular dotted pruinose (lightly powdered) scabrous scaly fibrillose finely reticulated (netted) coarsely reticulate Location of reticulum: apex only top ½ of stem entire stem Other: ____________________________________________ Color of ornamentation: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Annulus present: N Y Annulus color: ____________________________________________________________________ Annulus structure: membranous fibrillose cottony-cortina slimy

Cortinarius Fungi Description Form Use this form for specimens with rusty-colored spores and a veil or cortina.

Provide notes and circle as many of the characters from grouped character sets as appropriate.

Genus/species: __________________________________________________ Collection number: ___________________________ Collected by: ___________________________________________________ Date: _______________________________________ LAT ___ ___. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ° N (7 digits) LONG ___ ___ ___. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ° W (8 digits) NAD 83

Ecology:

General characters (write range of dimensions in mm for multiple specimens)

Cap flesh thickness ________________________________________________________________________________________

Color (note color gradations, spots, streaks, bruising reactions, changes with age or drying

Hygrophanous (watery appearance when wet; changes color when losing moisture): N Y First becomes hygrophanous near: margin disc Cap flesh: ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Gills (young): _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Gills (mature): ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Gill edge: concolorous darker lighter Stem surface: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Stem flesh: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Partial veil/cortina: _______________________________________________________________________________________ Universal veil remnants (if present, can be hard to see): _________________________________________________________

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Cap characters:

Surface texture: dry viscid sticky glutinous Other: _________________________________________________________ Surface ornamentation: smooth silky fibrillose radially fibrillose scaly tormentose glittering veil remnants Describe: __________________________________________________________________

Margin shape: straight uplifted recurved inrolled incurved Other: _________________________________________ Contours of margin: striate even wavy irregular appendiculate Other: _____________________________________ Flesh consistency: fleshy brittle spongy tough chalky Other: _____________________________________________

Stem characters:

Stem shape: equal ventricose tapered at apex tapered at base radicate (rooted) clavate bulbous twisted Other: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Surface texture: viscid sticky dry polished smooth fibrillose punctate Surface ornamentation: smooth pruinose (powdered at apex) scaly fibrillose tomentose Other: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Stem consistency: cartilaginous fibrous chalky Other: ______________________________________________________ Flesh texture: solid stuffed hollow Other: ________________________________________________________________

Gill characters:

Attachment to stem: free adnexed adnate sinuate decurrent Other: _______________________________________ Edge shape: entire scalloped wavy serrate eroded Other: ________________________________________________ Spacing of gills: crowded close subdistant distant Number of short gills between complete gills: __________________________________________________________________

Veil:

Any veil or veil remnants present: N Y If yes, complete the following:

Partial veil structure persistent sparse fibrillose slimy Describe: _____________________________________________ General position of annulus: apical central basal Describe: ___________________________________________________ Universal veil remnants: N Y Universal veil structure: slimy thin cottony filmy Chemical characters: (Important for the genus Cortinarius) KOH on cap surface ________________________ Melzer’s reagent on cap surface ________________________ KOH on cap flesh __________________________ Melzer’s reagent on cap flesh __________________________ KOH on partial veil _________________________ Melzer’s reagent on partial veil ________________________ Notes/Sketch:

(Page 2 of 2) Gilled Fungi Description Form Provide notes and circle as many of the characters from grouped character sets as appropriate.

Genus/species: __________________________________________________ Collection number: ___________________________ Collected by: ___________________________________________________ Date: _______________________________________ LAT ___ ___. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ° N (7 digits) LONG ___ ___ ___. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ° W (8 digits) NAD 83

Ecology:

General characters (write range of dimensions in mm for multiple specimens)

Color (note color gradations, spots, streaks, bruising reactions, changes with age or drying Cap surface: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Hygrophanous (watery appearance when wet; changes color when losing moisture): N Y Cap flesh: ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Gills: _________________________________________________________________ Gill edge: concolorous darker lighter Stem surface: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Stem flesh: _______________________________________________________________________________________________

Cap characters:

Latex: N Y Latex color: ________________________________________________________________________________ Surface texture: dry greasy sticky slimy Surface ornamentation: smooth pubescent fibrillose cracked wrinkled scaly granular warty

Margin shape: straight uplifted recurved inrolled incurved Contours of margin: striate even wavy irregular appendiculate Other: _____________________________________ Flesh consistency: fleshy brittle spongy tough chalky Other: _____________________________________________

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Stem characters:

Stem shape: equal ventricose tapered at apex tapered at base radicate (rooted) clavate bulbous twisted Other: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Surface texture: viscid sticky dry polished glabrous fibrillose punctate Surface ornamentation: smooth pruinose (powdered at apex) scaly fibrillose tomentose Other: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Stem consistency: cartilaginous fibrous chalky Other: ______________________________________________________ Flesh texture: solid stuffed hollow Other: ________________________________________________________________

Gill characters:

Attachment to stem: free adnexed adnate sinuate decurrent Other: _______________________________________ Edge shape: entire scalloped wavy serrate eroded Other: ________________________________________________

Veil:

Any veil or veil remnants present: N Y If yes, complete the following:

Partial veil: N Y Veil color: _____________________________________________________________________________ Veil structure: membranous fibrillose cortina slimy Annulus: N Y General position of annulus: apical central basal Annulus type: single double Annulus color: _______________________________________________________________ Universal veil: N Y Volva shape: saccate collared sheathing concentric zones Volva color: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Remnants present on cap: N Y Color of remnant: __________________________________________________________ Chemical characters: (Important for the genus Cortinarius) KOH on cap surface ________________________ Melzer’s reagent on cap surface ________________________ KOH on cap flesh __________________________ Melzer’s reagent on cap flesh __________________________ KOH on partial veil _________________________ Melzer’s reagent on partial veil ________________________

Notes/Sketch:

(Page 2 of 2) Ascomycete Fungi Description Form Elfin Saddles and Cups Provide notes and circle as many of the characters from grouped character sets as appropriate.

Genus/species: __________________________________________________ Collection number: ___________________________ Collected by: ___________________________________________________ Date: _______________________________________ LAT ___ ___. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ° N (7 digits) LONG ___ ___ ___. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ° W (8 digits) NAD 83

Ecology:

General characters (write range of dimensions in mm for multiple specimens)

Stem characters (if present, use cross-section for measurement):

Stem present: N Y (if yes, then continue)

Surface character: dry moist viscid smooth tomentose ribbed scaly folded grooved wrinkled fibrillose Other: ________________________________________________________________________

Nongilled Fungi Description Form Clublike, Cantharellaceae, Tooth, Jelly Fungi and Allies Provide notes and circle as many of the characters from grouped character sets as appropriate.

Genus/species: __________________________________________________ Collection number: ___________________________ Collected by: ___________________________________________________ Date: _______________________________________ LAT ___ ___. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ° N (7 digits) LONG ___ ___ ___. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ° W (8 digits) NAD 83

Ecology:

General characters (write range of dimensions in mm for multiple specimens)

Stem characters (if present, use cross-section for measurement):

Stem present: N Y (if yes, then continue)

Surface character: dry moist viscid smooth tomentose ribbed scaly folded grooved wrinkled fibrillose Other: ________________________________________________________________________

Coral Fungi Description Form

Genus/species: __________________________________________________ Collection number: ___________________________ Collected by: ___________________________________________________ Date: _______________________________________ LAT ___ ___. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ° N (7 digits) LONG ___ ___ ___. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ° W (8 digits) NAD 83

Ecology:

General characters (write range of dimensions in mm for multiple specimens)

Surface color (Write range for multiple specimens; note color gradations, spots, streaks, and bruising):

Tips: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Branches: ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Stem: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Bruising (note color and locations): __________________________________________________________________________ Yellow band at junction of stem and branches (fades after picking and in older specimens): N Y

Color of flesh in cross section:

Tips: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Branches: ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Stem: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Rusty root present (pale brown band in lower stem when cross-sectioned): N Y

Branch and stem characters:

Rhizomorphs present (white threads at base): N Y Reaction of Melzer’s reagent on interior stem flesh (optional): amyloid dextrinoid none Reaction of Fe2(SO4)3 on interior stem flesh (optional): green none

Sequestrate Fungi Description Form

Genus/species: __________________________________________________ Collection number: ___________________________ Collected by: ___________________________________________________ Date: _______________________________________ LAT ___ ___. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ° N (7 digits) LONG ___ ___ ___. ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ° W (8 digits) NAD 83

Ecology:

General Characteristics (write range of dimensions in mm for multiple specimens)

Peridium (outer surface):

Gleba (inner portion: describe when cut in half):