Sample #15: Endoptychum agaricoides “Gastroid
Lepiota”
Figure 1: dehydrated young sample; spore casing retains spine-like structures from partial veil
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Family: Agaricaceae
Collection Date: 15 September, 2016
Collector: Kristen Maslach
Habitat: solitary, scattered or in groups in open soil;
common in lawns, fields, flower beds
Location: ledges of soil, Nelson’s Ledges, Ohio
Description: variously shaped spore mass “cap” on a short
stalk; spore mass loosely compartmentalized, spore change from white to yellow or brown as they mature; stalk precurrent, thickest at base, discolors with age; veil not usually discernable from cap
Key Used: Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. New York City, New York: Ten Speed Press: an association of Random House Inc.
Key Used: Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms Demystified. New York City, New York: Ten Speed Press: an association of Random House Inc.
Steps to Key:
Basidiomycota
Puffballs
and Earthstars: pg 54
Doesn’t
consist of a “nest” and “eggs” structure (pg 676)
Not
emerging as a “phallic, branched, tenticled or latticed structure” from a vulva
or sack; no slimy coating or odor (pg 676)
“Fruiting
body with a stalk below the spore case or “cap” (pg 676)”
Stalk
penetrates through the spore case, usually extending to the top (pg 676)
Spore
mass solid, no gills or cavities (pg 724)
Not
found on “living or dead wood or other debris” (pg 724)
Not
covered in “shaggy scales or fibrils (pg 724)”
Flesh
not orange, spore mass not grey to black (pg 724)
Flesh
not bright yellow at stalk base, nor are spores chambered (pg 724)
Wasn’t
growing on wood
Cap not
conical
“fruiting
body [not] agaricus-like”
“fruiting
body… puff-like…spore mass often white at first…growing mainly in grass,
cultivated earth”
“Spore
mass enclosed for a long time”; no “gills” hanging from the underside (pg 727)
Found
in an open soil area
Spore
mass white becoming yellow
No
peridioles
Resources:
http://www.mycobank.org/name/Endoptychum%20agaricoides
