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False Morel Project Record for 04170501

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Collection Date: April 17, 2005

County or City: Coles
State or Province: IL
Country: USA

Collector's Notes: Terrestrial on slope above a gully, six feet from a mature elm. Hymenium tan to brown; glabrous, but wrinkled at center. Flesh watery, exuding a clear juice when squeezed. Excipular surface buff to creamy tan; finely pubescent; with scattered brownish fibers; bruising/discoloring a little brownish near margin. Attached to substrate centrally; astipitate. Asci 8-spored; not bluing in Melzer's. Spores in KOH elliptical; smooth; hyaline; with homgeneous contents; about 22 x 11 µ.

Collector's Identification: Disciotis venosa

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