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Mata, M., D. Penjor and S. Pradham. 2010. Fungi of Bhutan. National Mushroom Centre, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Thimphu, Bhutan. Local name: No local name known Edibility: Inedible Habitat: Terrestrial and scattered to solitary. Description: Cap: 2-5 cm diameter, convex to flat, surface strongly viscid when wet, reticulate, reddish brown, orange-brown to pale brown, margin appendiculate with remnants of the veil, strongly gelatinized, hyaline and then pale yellow. Hymenophore: 1-2 pores per mm, depressed around the stem, pale yellow when wet to greenish yellow with age. Stem: 4-5 cm long and 0.5-1 cm wide, sub-cylindrical, surface fibrillose, viscid when young, whitish around the apex, cream-pink tones in the middle and colour cream at the base. Flesh: Whitish-yellow to yellow. Spore Print: Light brownish olive. Comments: There is not much documentation done on this species although it is very unique by its characteristics. The characteristics that allow this to be easily recognized are their small size, bright colour of the cap, surface strongly viscid and reticulate and margin appendiculate of gelatinous consistency. |
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