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General information

 Substratum :Terricolous 
 
Continent: :
Africa no
North America no
S. and C. America no
 
Asia no
Australia no
Europe yes
 
 Authority :Fries ss. Melzer-Zvara 
 Synonyms and close species :C: R. integra
R. badia
R. urens ss Schaeffer
 
 Information given by author(s) :Insidiosae urentinae
Type : 18-IX-49
 
 Host(s) :Coniferous (Picea, Abies) 
 Taxon name_Mycobank :
 
 Bibliography :
 

Macro-characters

 
Stipe
 Width of stipe :20 - 30 
 Veil :Absent 
 Form of base of stipe :Not radicate 
 Form of stipe :Inflated at top to straight 
 Context of stipe :Solid/partly hol./compl. hol. 
 
Main color(s) of stipe: :
grey/black yes
brown yes
white yes
yellow/cream no
blue no
 
orange no
red/pink no
purple/vinaceous no
green no
   
 
 Length of stipe :50 - 120 
 
Pileus
 Type of pileipellis :Smooth to squamose or both 
 Striations of pileus :Absent to weak or both 
 Viscosity of pileus :Viscid/viscous even if dry 
 Form of center of pileus :Concave to plane or both 
 Separability of pileus :Medium (from25% to 75%) 
 
Thickness of flesh of pileus
 
Main color(s) of pileus: :
grey/black no
brown yes
white no
yellow/cream yes
blue no
 
orange no
red/pink yes
purple/vinaceous yes
green no
   
 
 Diameter of pileus :70 - 120 
 
Lamellae
 Spacing of lamellae :Distant 
 Number of lamellulae :Less than lamellae 
 Furcation of lamellae :At the stipe/absent 
 Color of ridges of lamellae :Variable in color 
 Attachment of lamellae :Free to adnate/subfree/both 
 Type of lamellar ridges :Entire/smooth 
 
Main color(s) of lamellae: :
grey/black no
brown no
white variable
yellow/cream yes
blue no
 
orange no
red/pink variable
purple/vinaceous no
green no
   
 
 Height of lamellae :7 - 12 
 Odor :Strong and pleasant 
 Flavor of flesh :Sweet to bitter or both 
 
Color changes
 Fruit body turns green/blue with age :Not turning green/blue 
 Fruit body turns red if touched/cut :Not turning red 
 Fruit body turns yellow-brown with age :Entire fruit body 
 Fruit body turns br. yellow if touched :Not turning bright yellow 
 Fruit body turns black with age/touched :Not blackening 
 Fruit body turns grey with age :Entire fruit body 
 
Chemical reactions
 Ga´ac test on flesh :Blue/green 
 
Latex
 Latex :Absent 
 
Color(s) of fresh latex: :
grey/black no
brown no
white no
yellow/cream no
blue no
 
orange no
red/pink no
purple/vinaceous no
green no
   
 
 
Color(s) of dry latex: :
grey/black no
brown no
white no
yellow/cream no
blue no
 
orange no
red/pink no
purple/vinaceous no
green no
   
 

Micro-characters

 
Spores
 Length of spores :(7.5) 8 - 10.7 (15) 
 Width of spores :7 - 9.2 (11.5) 
 Amyloid plage :Present 
 Appearance of spores verrucae :Tips acute/sharp/pointed (/) 
 Ornamentations in surface view :Round bases 
 Connection(s) between verrucae :No ornament./smooth or so 
 Overall appearance of spores :Not reticulate 
 Height of verrucae :x > = 2 µm 
 Color of spore deposit :26 
 
Basidia
 Length of basidia :52 - 60 
 Width of basidia :13.2 - 16.5 
 Number of sterigmata per basidium :Four 
 
Pleurocystidia
 Length of pleurocystidia :100 - 130 
 Width of pleurocystidia :10 - 15 (18) 
 Thickness of wall of pleurocystidia :Thin (all structures < 2 µm) 
 Shape of apices of pleurocystidia :Mainly capit./append./acerate 
 Sulfo-vanillin test on pleurocystidia :Blue/black/red/pur./or./brown 
 
Pleurocystidia abundance: :
absent no
 
 
 
Marginal cells
 Length of marginal cells :0 
 Width of marginal cells :0 
 
Subhymenium
 Differentiation of supra and subpellis :Obvious 
 Size of cells in supra and subpellis :Same in size 
 
Pileocystidia
 Width of pileocystidia :5.6 - 11.5 
 Location of pileocystidia :Suprapellis 
 Sulfo-vanillin test on pileocystidia :Variable/weak reaction 
 
Hyphae of pileus
 Diameter of ends of pileipellis hyphae :2.5 - 3.5 
 Diameter of primordial hyphae :0 
 Vacuolar pigments of hyphae of pileus :Present 
 Membrane pigments of hyphae of pileus :Absent 
 Wall of hyphae of pileus :Thin (<1 µm) 
 Filamentous hyphae of pileus :Absent