Macroscopic Features - Pileus + Stipe Flashcards
Conic
Pileal Shape
Resembles a cone / Cone-shaped
Campanulate
Pileal Shape
In the shape of a bell / Bell-shaped
(Like the Liberty Bell)
Convex
Pileal Shape
Equally rounded or evenly symmetrical;
broadly obtuse;
rounded like an inverted bowl
Parabolic
Pileal Shape
A shape in which the height is greater than the width, but the apex is still rounded, like that of a parabola
Plane
or
Applanate
Pileal Shape
Having a flat surface
OR
Pileal Margin
Extending outward and flat
Uplifted
Pileal Shape AND Pileal Margin
The shape of the pileus when the margin is directed or turned upwards
Broadly Umbonate
Pileal Shape
With a rounded and broad umbo
Acutely Umbonate
Pileal Shape
With a sharply delineated or pointed umbo
Cuspidate
Pileal Shape
WIth a cusp, or pointed umbo
Mammilate / Papillate
Pileal Shape
Mammilate: Like the shape of a breast, possessing a protuberance (umbo) in the center which makes the pileus appear like a breast
Papillate: Having a papilla; differs from mammilate in having a smaller protuberance
Shallowly Depressed
Pileal Shape
With a depression in the center of the pileus that is not very deep
Deeply Depressed
Pileal Shape
With a depression in the center of the pileus that is deeply sunken.
Infundibulliform
PIleal Shape
With the center of the cap so deeply sunken as to form a funnel shape
Umbilicate
Pileal Shape
A pileal disc with a small umbo in a central depression; like a navel or umbilicus; often considered synonymous with shallowly depressed (ie shallowly depressed but lacking the umbo)
Orbicular or Ovate / Ovoid
Pileal Shape
Orbicular: Having the appearance of an orb
Ovate / Ovoid: Ovate pertains to a 2D surface; Ovoid pertains to a solid shapes like a hens egg w/ the narrow end upward. A cross section through the center will be orbicular, longitudinal section will be ovate.
Flabelliform
Pileal Shape
Fan-Shaped
Petaloid
Pileal Shape
Shaped like the petal of a flower; Narrowed at the attachment of the sporocarp and expanded outwards; more elongated than flabelliform, more rounded than spathulate
Spathulate
Pileal Shape
Shaped like a spatula; Narrowed at the attachment of sporocarp, sometimes widening again just before attachment, and expanded outwards, margin opposite of attachment is more flattened than petaloid
Conchate
Pileal Shape
In the shape of a bivalve shell, such as an oster
Dimidate
Pileal Shape
Semi-circular
Inrolled
Pileal Margin
Rolled in; a pileal margin which is rolled inward; (=involute)
Involute
Pileal Margin
Rolled in; a pileal margin which is rolled inward; (=inrolled)
Incurved
Pileal Margin
Turned inwards; a pileal margin which is pointing toward the stipe or to the gills; not rolled up
Decurved
Pileal Margin
Bent down, not inward
Straight
Pileal Margin
Margin extending outward without curving upward or downward
Upturned
Pileal Margin
Said of a margin which is pointed or turned upwards (as distinct from Uplifted - the shape of the entire pileus with an upturned margin)
Entire
Margin of the Pileus or Gills
Having the edge of the pileus or margin of the gills even and smooth, not interrupted at all
Crenate
Margin of the Pileus or Gills
Having the margin composed of rounded teeth (=Scalloped)
Scalloped
Margin of the Pileus or Gills
Having the margin composed of rounded teeth (=Crenate)
Crisped
Margin of the Pileus or Gills
Finely curled and twisted or fine-wrinkled as in crepe paper; often considered synonymous with crenulate
Crenulate
Margin of the Pileus or Gills
Having small scallops (diminutive form of crenate); having delicate rounded teeth; often considered synonymous with crisped
Undulate / Undulating
Margin of the Pileus or Gills
Broadly Wavy
Eroded
Margin of the Pileus or Gills
With an irregular, jagged edge
Rimose
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
Cracked; Having crevices
Rimulose
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
Having small cracks or crevices; Diminutive of Rimose
Appendiculate
Margin of the pileus; Remnant of Partial Veil
Having the margin of the expanded pileus fringed with pieces or patches of the partial veil
Translucent-Striate
Pileal Margin
Said of a pileus which is striate because the gills are visible through its very thin, translucent flesh (=pellucid)
Pellucid
Pileal Margin
Said of a pileus which is striate because the gills are visible through its very thin, translucent flesh (=translucent-striate)
Striate
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
Marked with delicate lines, grooves, or ridges radially oriented on the pileus, longitudinally oriented on the stripe
Pectinate
Surface of Pileus
Strongly and obviously marked with lines, grooves or ridges, short and parallel on the margin of the pileus like the teeth of a comb
Sulcate
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
Grooved, more deeply grooved than striate, and less deeply than plicate
Tuberculate-striate
Pileal Margin
With small bumbs (i.e., tubercles) on the striations, or lines
Shiny
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
Shining as if polished (=lucidous / lucidus)
Lucidous / Lucidus
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
Shining as if polished (=shiny)
Dull
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
Without any shine
Sericeous
Surface of Pileus or Stipe Like silk (=silky)
Arid
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
Feeling as if there is no moisture in the surface (=dry)
Glutinous
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
Covered with a substance that has the consistency of gluten or of liquid glue
Gelatinous
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
Resembling in gelatin in consistency, like jelly
Moist
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
Appearing as if wet with water; neither dry nor sticky nor like liquid glue, jelly, oil, nor grease
Lubricous
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
Greasy to the touch; similar to the feel of oi (=greasy; =oily)
Viscid
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
Very sticky but not slime-covered (i.e., not slimy)
Subviscid
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
Slightly sticky and not slime-covered; nearly viscid
Tacky
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
Very slightly sticky and not slime-covered; less sticky than subviscid
Hygrophanous
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
Having a water-soaked appearance when wet; changing color in a marked manner when acquiring or losing moisture
Smooth
Surface of Pileus or Stipe (or any other part of sporocarp)
A surface without any cracks, wrinkles, or pits
Scrobiculate / Scrobiculose
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
With scrobiculae; With large, conspicuous, shallowly sunken spots, pits or hollows, not as deeply sunken as either an alveola or a lacuna
Alveolate
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
A type of pitted surface with the holes, hollows, or depressions in the shape of alveolae; hollows larger than scrobiculae, shallower than lacunae; sides of the hollows often rather 6-sided and honeycomb-like
Lacinate
Surface of Pileus
Appearing as if cut into bands; said of a pileal surface which is split or cracked into large segments or bands
Areolate
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
Having a pattern of block-like areas similar to those formed when a mud flat dries; being divided by cracks into small areas
Rivulose
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
With fine, irregularly connected lines, like a river and its tributaries as seen from the air; like little rivers
Corrugate
Surface of Pileus or Stipe
Coarsely wrinkled or ridged (=rugose)