| • references | |
| Montecchio L, Rossi S, Grendene A, Causin R (2002) Amphinema byssoides (Pers.: Fr.) J. Erikss. + Quercus ilex L. Descr Ectomyc 6: 1-6. | |
| • length | |
| 0 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 22 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • ramification presence-type | |
| irregularly pinnate, dichotomous-like | |
| • tips {per 10 mm} number | |
| 4 | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 10 | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • ramification orders | |
| 0 | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 2 | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 3 | Maximum value | 
| • abundance | |
| abundant, dense | |
| • main axis diameter | |
| 0.2 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 0.3 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 0.4 mm | Maximum value | 
| • taste {after 2-3 min chewing} | |
| acrid | |
| • rhizomorphs as stout, short, conical structures presence-abundance | |
| absent | |
| • rhizomorphs as short mycorrhiza-like outgrowths with blunt tips presence | |
| absent | |
| • rhizomorphs presence | |
| present | |
| • rhizomorphs frequency | |
| abundant | |
| • exploration type | |
| medium distance fringe | |
| • mantle hydrophobicity presence | |
| unknown | |
| • shape | |
| bent | |
| or | sinuous | 
| • shape {of distal end} | |
| not inflated, cylindric | |
| • length | |
| 0 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 3 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • diameter | |
| 0.1 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 0.3 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • colour | |
| ochre, yellowish brown | |
| or | yellow | 
| or | white | 
| • very tip colour | |
| unknown | |
| • older parts colour | |
| ochre, yellowish brown | |
| • mantle cortical cells visibility | |
| not visible [sometimes visible] | |
| or | visible | 
| • mantle {distinct} surface visibility | |
| present | |
| • mantle transparency | |
| not transparent | |
| • mantle laticifers visibility | |
| absent | |
| • mantle secreted latex {after scratching mantle} presence | |
| not applicable | |
| • mantle secreted latex {after scratching mantle} colour-habit | |
| not applicable | |
| • mantle dots presence-colour | |
| absent | |
| • mantle carbonizing presence | |
| absent | |
| • mantle surface {in general} habit | |
| silvery | |
| or | not smooth | 
| • mantle surface {in detail} kind | |
| densely grainy or warty | |
| or | loosely grainy or warty | 
| • emanating hyphae presence | |
| present | |
| • emanating hyphae abundance | |
| abundant | |
| • emanating hyphae distribution | |
| not specifically distributed | |
| • diameter | |
| 0 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 0.11 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • cross-section shape | |
| unknown | |
| • colour | |
| yellowish | |
| or | whitish | 
| • ramification kind-frequency | |
| repeatedly into smaller filaments | |
| or | frequently, at restricted points | 
| • connection to mantle kind | |
| distinct | |
| or | oblique | 
| • origin location | |
| not specific | |
| • margin habit | |
| hairy | |
| or | fan-like | 
| • dimorphism presence | |
| unknown | |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • emanating elements presence-type | |
| rhizomorphs | |
| or | emanating hyphae | 
| • emanating elements cystidia location | |
| generally present | |
| • crystals presence | |
| absent | |
| • crystals location | |
| not applicable | |
| • blue granules presence | |
| absent | |
| • blue granules location | |
| not applicable | |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • location | |
| not applicable | |
| • shape | |
| not applicable | |
| • ramification presence-abundance | |
| not applicable | |
| • septa presence | |
| not applicable | |
| • contents colour | |
| not applicable | |
| • cell length | |
| not applicable | |
| • cell diameter | |
| not applicable | |
| • cell wall thickness | |
| not applicable | |
| • completeness | |
| complete | |
| • matrix presence | |
| absent | |
| • matrix location | |
| not applicable | |
| • organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • mantle type | |
| hyphae rather irregularly arranged and no special pattern discernible (type B) | |
| • hyphal net cells shape | |
| not applicable | |
| • hyphal net cells diameter | |
| not applicable | |
| • hyphal net cell walls habit | |
| not applicable | |
| • mound cells diameter | |
| not applicable | |
| • matrix kind | |
| not applicable | |
| • hyphal system kind | |
| undifferentiated | |
| • hyphae arrangement | |
| not applicable | |
| • hyphae short protrusions presence | |
| absent | |
| • hyphae sticky matrix on hyphal surface presence | |
| absent | |
| • pores between cells presence | |
| not applicable | |
| • pores between cells abundance | |
| not applicable | |
| • hyphae hyphal junctions angle {between} | |
| ca. 45° and less | |
| and | ca. 90° | 
| • septa thickness {relative to cell walls} | |
| as thick as walls | |
| • septa clamps presence | |
| present | |
| • septa clamps abundance | |
| abundant | |
| • cell shape | |
| cylindric, constricted at septa [occasionally slightyl inflated at one side of the septum] | |
| • cell pigment location-colour | |
| absent | |
| • cell contents presence-kind | |
| absent | |
| • cell diameter | |
| 1.5 µm | Minimum value | 
| 2.5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 4.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 5 µm | Maximum value | 
| • cell length | |
| 13.5 µm | Minimum value | 
| 25 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 59 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 65 µm | Maximum value | 
| • cell density | |
| not applicable | |
| • cell wall thickness | |
| 0.3 µm | Minimum value | 
| 0.6 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 0.7 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • cell wall surface habit | |
| rough | |
| • cell wall projections presence | |
| not applicable | |
| • cell wall projections abundance | |
| not applicable | |
| • cell wall projections shape | |
| not applicable | |
| • crystals diameter | |
| not applicable | |
| • crystals length | |
| not applicable | |
| • drops of exuded pigment presence | |
| absent | |
| • pigment granula on surface presence | |
| absent | |
| • blue granules location | |
| not applicable | |
| • organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • matrix kind | |
| not applicable | |
| • hyphae arrangement | |
| plectenchymatous, without pattern | |
| • cell shape | |
| not applicable | |
| • cell pigment location-colour | |
| colourless | |
| • cell diameter | |
| 1.8 µm | Minimum value | 
| 2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 4 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • cell length | |
| 6 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 22.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 31 µm | Maximum value | 
| • cell density | |
| not applicable | |
| • cell contents presence-kind | |
| absent | |
| • cell wall thickness | |
| 0.3 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 0.6 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 0.8 µm | Maximum value | 
| • cell wall surface habit | |
| smooth | |
| or | rough | 
| • crystals diameter | |
| not applicable | |
| • crystals length | |
| not applicable | |
| • cell blue granules location | |
| not applicable | |
| • organisation | |
| plectenchymatous [with closely arranged hyphae and inflated cells] | |
| • matrix kind | |
| not applicable | |
| • hyphae arrangement | |
| without pattern | |
| • cell shape | |
| not applicable | |
| • septa thickness | |
| unknown | |
| • septa clamps presence | |
| absent | |
| • cell pigment location-colour | |
| absent | |
| • cell diameter | |
| 2 µm | Minimum value | 
| 2.5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 6.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 7 µm | Maximum value | 
| • cell length | |
| 5.5 µm | Minimum value | 
| 9.5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 24.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 48 µm | Maximum value | 
| • cell density | |
| not applicable | |
| • cell contents presence-kind | |
| unknown | |
| • cell blue granules location | |
| not applicable | |
| • anatomy mantle outer mantle layer {of ectomycorrhizal tip} organisation | |
| like other parts of mantle | |
| • anatomy mantle outer mantle layer {of ectomycorrhizal tip} matrix kind | |
| unknown | |
| • anatomy mantle outer mantle layer {of ectomycorrhizal tip} hyphae diameter | |
| 1.2 µm | Minimum value | 
| 1.6 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 4.7 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • anatomy mantle outer mantle layer {of ectomycorrhizal tip} cell density | |
| not applicable | |
| • mantle thickness {apart from tip} | |
| 15.5 µm | Minimum value | 
| 19.5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 30 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 33.5 µm | Maximum value | 
| • mantle thickness {at ectomycorrhizal tip} | |
| 29 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 45 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 50 µm | Maximum value | 
| • mantle different layers presence | |
| not discernable [indistinct layers] | |
| • unlayered mantle hyphae tangentially length | |
| 3.5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 24.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 35 µm | Maximum value | 
| 205 µm | Minimum value | 
| • unlayered mantle hyphae radially diameter | |
| 2 µm | Minimum value | 
| 2.5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 4 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 5 µm | Maximum value | 
| • laticifers diameter | |
| not applicable | |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
| tangentially-oval to -elliptic or -cylindrical, and oriented obliquely | |
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells tangentially length | |
| 6 µm | Minimum value | 
| 6.5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 14.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 19 µm | Maximum value | 
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells radially diameter | |
| 11 µm | Minimum value | 
| 16 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 44.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 49 µm | Maximum value | 
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells mean tangential length CCt (ECt) | |
| 11.5 µm | Mean (= average) | 
| • anatomy mantle longitudinal section cortical (epidermal) cells mean shape-ratio CCq (ECq) | |
| 0.47 | Mean (= average) | 
| • unlayered mantle hyphae tangentially length | |
| 2.5 µm | Minimum value | 
| 3.5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 9 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • laticifers diameter | |
| not applicable | |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
| rectangular | |
| or | round | 
| • anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells tangentially length | |
| 16 µm | Minimum value | 
| 19 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 28.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells mean tangential length CCt | |
| 22.8 µm | Mean (= average) | 
| • anatomy mantle cross-section cortical (epidermal) cells mean shape-ratio CCq | |
| 1.7 | Mean (= average) | 
| • presence | |
| present | |
| • kind | |
| apparently one and a half row deep | |
| • anatomy mantle cross-section hyphal cells around cortical (epidermal) cells shape | |
| unknown | |
| • anatomy mantle cross-section hyphal cells around cortical (epidermal) cells thickness | |
| 1 µm | Minimum value | 
| 1.5 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 2.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| 3 µm | Maximum value | 
| • lobes width | |
| 0 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 0.8 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • lobes septa presence | |
| unknown | |
| • structure {in plan view} | |
| infrequently lobed | |
| • intrahyphal hyphae presence | |
| unknown | |
| • intrahyphal hyphae clamps presence | |
| present | |
| • septal pores configuration | |
| globular thickenings | |
| • backwards-oriented ramifications presence | |
| present | |
| • backwards-oriented clamps presence | |
| present | |
| • anastomoses type | |
| open, with a short bridge or bridge almost lacking | |
| or | closed by a clamp, with a long bridge | 
| • anastomoses surface habit | |
| unknown | |
| • anastomoses cell wall thickness {relative to remaining cell walls} | |
| unknown | |
| • anastomoses anastomosal bridge thickness {relative to hyphae} | |
| unknown | |
| • anastomoses location | |
| unknown | |
| • shape | |
| wavy | |
| • cell pigment location-colour | |
| membranaceously yellowish | |
| • pigment presence-distribution | |
| unknown | |
| • cell contents presence-kind | |
| absent | |
| • drops of exuded pigment presence | |
| absent | |
| • presence | |
| present | |
| • kind | |
| acute | |
| or | approximately 90° [sometimes] | 
| or | Y-shaped [occasionally] | 
| • distance {from septum} | |
| adjacent to septum | |
| or | one or two hyphal diam. below the septum | 
| or | in considerable distance from the septum [sometimes] | 
| • side-branches at septum number | |
| one side-branch at septum [rarely two] | |
| • anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae point of ramification thickness {relative to main part of branch} | |
| unknown | |
| • clamps presence | |
| present | |
| • clamps surface kind | |
| unknown | |
| • clamps outline {in dorsal view} | |
| oval | |
| • clamps width {relative to hypha in dorsal view} | |
| thinner than | |
| • clamps outline {in lateral view} | |
| as a semicircle | |
| or | less than a semicircle | 
| • clamps width {relative to hypha in lateral view} | |
| thinner than | |
| or | as broad as | 
| • clamps hole presence | |
| unknown | |
| • clamps blister-like structure {at basis} presence | |
| unknown | |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • abundance | |
| not applicable | |
| • distribution | |
| not applicable | |
| • presence shape | |
| not applicable | |
| • orientation | |
| not applicable | |
| • diameter | |
| not applicable | |
| • length | |
| not applicable | |
| • presence | |
| present | |
| • length | |
| 0 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) | 
| 1.2 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) | 
| • type | |
| undifferentiated; hyphae rather loosely woven and of uniform diameter  (type A)  | 
          
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| • nodia presence | |
| absent | |
| • internal nodia presence | |
| absent | |
| • gelatinous matrix presence | |
| absent | |
| • gelatinized hyphae presence | |
| absent | |
| • cup-like structures on surface presence | |
| absent | |
| • conical young side-branches presence | |
| absent | |
| • a "ball" of intertwined, ramified, thin hyphae presence | |
| absent | |
| • blue granules location | |
| not applicable | |
| • anatomy emanating elements rhizomorphs clamps presence | |
| absent | |
| • contents presence-kind | |
| absent | |
| • ampullate, trumpet-like inflated presence | |
| absent | |
| • ampullate inflations thickness | |
| not applicable | |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • internal structure organisation | |
| not applicable | |
| • center structure habit | |
| not applicable | |
| • {of ectomycorrhiza former} presence | |
| absent | |
| • {in foreign ectomycorrhizae} presence | |
| unknown | |
| • {of foreign origin} presence | |
| absent | |
| • whole mycorrhizae UV 254 nm colour-presence | |
| blue, bluish [very light blue] | |
| • whole mycorrhizae UV 366 nm colour-presence | |
| blue, bluish [very light blue] | |
| • mantle in section UV-filter 340-380 nm presence | |
| present [bluish throughout with medium intensity] | |
| • mantle in section blue-filter, 450-490 nm presence | |
| present [greenish throughout with medium intensity] | |
| • mantle in section green-filter, 530-560 nm presence | |
| present [very light red throughout] | |
| • substrate | |
| in organically enriched mineral horizon | |
| • soil pH | |
| pH more than 7 | |
| • geographic occurrence continent | |
| Europe | |
| • knowledge about association with foreign fruitbodies presence | |
| unknown ['9001' added to avoid duplicates!]#OCCURS TWICE IN SAME CHARACTER: PLEASE CORRECT DEFINITION!# | |
| • plant family | |
| Fagaceae | |
| • plant genus | |
| Quercus | |
| • family | |
| Atheliaceae ("Corticiaceae") | |
| • fruitbodies growth habit | |
| corticioid | |