Morphology Morphology of the unramified ends

morphology unramified ends mantle surface {in detail} kind

 
1 densely grainy or warty
2 loosely grainy or warty
3 densely woolly
4 loosely woolly
5 densely cottony
6 loosely cottony
7 densely stringy
8 loosely stringy
9 forming rings (reticulate)
10 densely short-spiny
11 loosely short-spiny
12 densely long-spiny
13 loosely long-spiny

Mycorrhizae are surrounded by rather thick emanating hyphae which curl around like threads of wool; ’densely’ and ’loosely’ are not strictly defined and are subject to personal experience. This colour photo shows a rather dense woolly envelope.

– Character overview –

 

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