Limacella floridana - Amanitaceae.org - Taxonomy and Morphology of Amanita and Limacella
[print] [map]
name Limacella floridana
name status insufficiently known
author (Murrill) H. V. Sm.
english name "Florida Slimy Stem"
synonyms
=Armillaria floridana Murrill
intro This description is based on that of H. V. Smith (1945 ).
cap The cap of Limacella floridana is 45± mm wide, uniformly reddish-brownisn tan or slightly darker in the center, convex to plane, becoming slightly depressed, not umbonate,and somewhat viscid.  The cap's flesh is white and unchanging.  The gluten layer was not described explicitly.
gills The gills of this species barely touch the stem and are white and "fragile."  Short gills were not described.
stem The stem is 50± × 7 – 9 mm, white, broadest in the mid-height region, smooth, dry and glabrous above, and viscid with fibrous scales below a "ring."  No bulb was described, and neither was the stem's flesh described.  There is said to be a ring at about mid-height of the stem; and this ring is said to be small, white, and persistent.  Apparently, the gluten layer on the stem is present below the stem's ring.
odor/taste The odor of this species was described as faint and pleasant.  The taste has not been reported.
spores The available data on spores and basidial clamps is quite inadequate.

The spores are said to measure "3.8 – 4.2 µm."  However, they are unlikely to be globose as implied by the data provided.  They are inamyloid and said to be minutely stippled.
discussion As is the case for most of the taxa in this genus, the available data is sparse; and a type study is necessary in order to begin to fill in the gaps. The description is strongly reminiscent of L. glischra.—R. E. Tulloss
brief editors RET

[top]