| • references | |
| Kernaghan G (2001) Ectomycorrhizal fungi at tree line in the Canadian Rockies II. Identification of ectomycorrhizae by anatomy and PCR. Mycorrhiza 10: 217-229. | |
| • ramification presence-type | |
| monopodial-pinnate | |
| or | coralloid |
| • rhizomorphs as stout, short, conical structures presence-abundance | |
| absent | |
| • rhizomorphs presence | |
| present | |
| • rhizomorphs frequency | |
| abundant | |
| • exploration type | |
| medium distance mat | |
| • mantle hydrophobicity presence | |
| present | |
| • colour | |
| ochre, yellowish brown [ochre-gray] | |
| or | orange [dingy orange] |
| or | reddish [pink] |
| or | grey [ochre-gray] |
| or | white |
| • mantle laticifers visibility | |
| absent | |
| • mantle secreted latex {after scratching mantle} presence | |
| absent | |
| • mantle carbonizing presence | |
| present | |
| • emanating hyphae presence | |
| present | |
| • diameter | |
| 0.025 mm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 1 mm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • connection to substrate | |
| growing into the soil or organic layers | |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • emanating elements presence-type | |
| rhizomorphs | |
| or | emanating hyphae |
| • blue granules presence | |
| present | |
| • blue granules location | |
| outer mantle layer | |
| or | rhizomorphs |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • anatomy entire mycorrhiza laticiferous solitary (gloeoplerous) cells presence | |
| absent | |
| • organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • mantle type | |
| hyphae rather irregularly arranged and no special pattern discernible (type B) [forming a reticulum in some areas] | |
| • hyphal system kind | |
| undifferentiated | |
| • cell diameter | |
| 2.2 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 4.1 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • pigment granula on surface presence | |
| present | |
| • presence | |
| absent | |
| • organisation | |
| plectenchymatous | |
| • hyphae arrangement | |
| with broad streaks of parallel hyphae | |
| • cell diameter | |
| 1.4 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 3.5 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • cell pigment location-colour | |
| absent | |
| or | vinaceous [slightly] |
| • clamps presence | |
| absent | |
| • anatomy emanating elements emanating hyphae cell diameter | |
| 1.7 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 3.9 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) |
|
| or | undifferentiated; margins rather smooth; hyphae compactly arranged and of uniform diameter (type B) |
| • anatomy emanating elements rhizomorphs clamps presence | |
| absent | |
| • anatomy emanating elements rhizomorphs clamps presence | |
| absent | |
| • anatomy emanating elements rhizomorphs clamps presence | |
| absent | |
| • anatomy emanating elements rhizomorphs clamps presence | |
| absent | |
| • anatomy emanating elements rhizomorphs clamps presence | |
| absent | |
| • presence | |
| present | |
| • type | |
| special features lacking | |
| • colour | |
| colourless | |
| or | brownish |
| • diameter | |
| 5.5 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) |
| • length | |
| 8 µm | Lower value of unspecified range (could be µ-s.d., but not known) |
| 15 µm | Upper value of unspecified range (could be µ+s.d., but not known) |
| • reaction with KOH 10% presence | |
| present [olive; dark violet "crystals"(comment: blue granules?) dissolve in 5% KOH releasing a blue-green pigment.] | |
| • geographic occurrence continent | |
| North America | |
| • plant family | |
| Pinaceae | |
| • plant genus | |
| Picea | |
| • plant habitat kind | |
| forests, woods | |
| • family | |
| Bankeraceae ss. Stalpers | |
| • fruitbodies growth habit | |
| epigeous | |
| or | pileate-hydnoid |