VOUCHER INFORMATION
Name: Lentinellus flabelliformis
Authority: (Bolton) S. Ito, 1959
Vouchered by: Brad Bomanz
Date found: 6/10/2013
Synonyms:
Collected by: Brad Bomanz
Voucher ID: 147
Confirming Mycologist: Dr. Andrew Methven
LOCATION
Latitude: 38.653
Longitude: -90.433
City: Creve Coeur
County: St. Louis
State: Missouri
Site location: Malcolm Terrace Park
ENVIRONMENT
Habitat: Bottomland - forest
Moisture conditions: Very moist
Substrate: Wood - rotted
IDENTIFYING DOCUMENT
Reference document: Mushrooms Demystified - 1979
Author:David Arora
ISBN No: 0-89815-912-3
Page no:144
SPORE DESCRIPTION
Spore length: 5.0 - 3.8 microns
Spore width: 4.2 -3.2 microns
Spore color: Clear
Spore texture: Roughened with minute spines.
Spore shape: Subglobose
Spore print color: White
Chemical reaction: Not determined
Close examination by Dr. Methven (see annotation above) combined with the 2015 DNA analysis confirmed that this specimen is Lentinellus flabelliformis. See Dr. Andrew Methven's attached notes. 1) Basidiospores amyloid. 2) Pleurocystidia arising from laticifers or gloeoplerous hyphae in subhymenium. 3) Lamellae trama interwoven; Lamellae edges serrate. 4) Pileus trama not gelatinized. 5)Hyphae clamped. 6) Pileipellis a trichodermium of erect hyphae (suprapellis).