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Taxonomy

Collection 1000426 (herbarium acc. no. MICH 10769) is Hebeloma alpinicola. It is the holotype of heterotypic synonym Hebeloma mesophaeum var. duplicatum A.H. Sm., V.S. Evenson & Mitchel (1983).

Description

  • arrow_drop_downarrow_drop_upCollecting details

    Collection 1000426 was collected by A.H. Smith (90058a) on 29th August 1979 in Pitkin, Above Elk Wallow, Frying Pan River, Colorado, UNITED STATES (approx. 39.3427°N, 106.6124°W, altitude approximately 2700 m above sea level - Google maps). The ectomycorrhizal family Pinaceae (genera Pinus and Picea) was present.

    The surrounding habitat was described as coniferous, subalpine woodland streamside, corresponding to the IUCN habitat We map from the collector's description of the habitat to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s definition using a standardised set of rules. Please see this page for a full list of IUCN habitats. 1.1: Forest – Boreal.

    According to the GPS data the collection was in the Colorado Rockies forests WWF ecoregion The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have divided the world into 867 terrestrial ecoregions. The ecoregion here is estimated by mapping from the GPS coordinates of the collection using data made available by Dinerstein et al (2017). Use this webtool to explore the ecoregions visually or see a full list of current ecoregions on Wikipedia. (biome: Temperate Conifer Forests) and Koppen climate code Dfc (Cold, no dry season, cold summer).

  • arrow_drop_downarrow_drop_upMacroscopic description

    Cortina present: yes.

    Pileus: 10–30 mm diameter; shape umbonate; margin characters not recorded; viscosity tacky when moist; spotting not recorded; hygrophanous no; colour variation unicolor; with colour at centre yellowish brown; and colour at margin not recorded; with remains of universal veil yes.

    Lamellae: attachment adnate, adnexed; maximum depth not recorded; number of complete lamellae 44; tears visible with x10 lens; white fimbriate edge not recorded.

    Stipe: 30–50 x 3–5 {median} x 3–5 {basal} mm; stipe Q 10.0; base cylindrical; floccosity fibrillose; rooting no; mycelial chords no.

    Context: texture firm; stipe interior not recorded; stipe flesh discolouring from base yes; slenderness measure 23.3; smell raphanoid; taste raphanoid.

    Spore deposit colour: analysis not yet complete.

    Exsiccata: analysis not yet complete.

  • arrow_drop_downarrow_drop_upMicroscopic description

    Spores: shape ellipsoid, ovoid; colour through microscope not recorded; guttulate not recorded; papillate no; Spore Code: O1; P0; D0.

    Basidia: 25.7–28.5 x 7.3–8.5 μm; ave. Q = 3.5; basidia spore nature not recorded.

    Cheilocystidia: main shape lageniform, ventricose; special features septa; Cheilocystidia Ratios: A/M = 1.16; A/B = 0.73; B/M = 1.64.

    Pleurocystidia: no.

    Ixocutis: analysis not yet complete.

    Caulocystidia: analysis not yet complete.

    Spore(min) 5%-95% (max)meanmedianS.D.
    Length (µm)(7.6) 8.5–10.2 (10.7)9.49.40.520
    Width (µm)(5.1) 5.3–6.5 (6.8)5.95.80.400
    Q(1.41) 1.44–1.74 (1.89)1.601.600.1

    Cheilocystidium (µm)(min) 5%-95% (max)meanmedianS.D.
    Length(36) 37–6849488.28
    Apex Width(3.8) 3.9–6.3 (6.5)5.35.50.870
    Median Width(3.2) 3.5–5.8 (6.8)4.64.60.86
    Basal Width(4.8) 5.9–9.0 (9.4)7.57.61.19
  • arrow_drop_downarrow_drop_upTemperature calculation
    Max tempMin tempPrecipitation
    Annualised average (1979)7.97 °C-8.02 °C35.28 mm
    Collection month (8/1979)18.95 °C2.74 °C37.73 mm
    Max month (1979)21.36 °C3.14 °C79.98 mm

Compare this collection to its species

This section compares data for this collection against its true species and also against the most likely species as determined by our identifier. More often than not these will be the same species, but where this is not the case, the data may be used to help explain why the identifier got it wrong.

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Detailed statistics

Spore measurementsMy valueSpecies mean valuePosition
Count 75.0 53.89 5th–6th/53
Average length 9.4 9.58 33rd–37th/54
Average width 5.9 5.72 9th–21st/54
Standard deviation of length 0.52 0.66 42nd–44th/50
Standard deviation of width 0.4 0.34 5th–7th/50
Median length 9.4 9.62 30th–36th/50
Median width 5.8 5.75 18th–25th/50
Minimum length 7.6 8.14 44th–46th/51
Minimum width 5.1 5.04 19th–28th/51
Low length 8.5 8.57 24th–30th/51
Low width 5.3 5.25 18th–26th/51
High length 10.2 10.64 40th–42nd/51
High width 6.5 6.29 8th–16th/51
Max length 10.7 11.00 35th–37th/51
Max width 6.8 6.56 8th–11th/51
Spore featureValueCommonalities
Ornamentation O1 100% of collections
Perispore loosening P0 100% of collections
Dextrinoidity D0 98% of collections