Template:Mycomorphbox

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[edit] MycoMorphBox properties

MycoMorphBoxes depict 8 mycological characteristics that are often useful in identify mushrooms. The template is given as a quick way to display information about mushrooms, and to enable quick comparison between them. As always, use discretion when consuming wild mushrooms. Read mushroom hunting and mushroom poisoning, and rely on the advice of an expert if you are new.

If you would like to add or edit MycoMorphBoxes, here are some guidelines that may help:

MycoMorphBoxes have 8 basic parameters:

name= hymeniumType= capShape= whichGills= stipeCharacter= sporePrintColor= ecologicalType= howEdible=
the type of spore-bearing surface: gills, pores, etc. a descriptor of the general shape of the cap. a descriptor of how the hymenium attaches to the stem. indicates if a universal or partial veil is present. the color of the spore print. indicates how the mushroom obtains nutrients. indicates whether the mushroom is edible or poisonous.

gills
pores
smooth
ridges
teeth
gleba

campanulate
conical
convex
depressed
flat
infundibuliform
offset
ovate
umbillicate
umbonate
no
NA

adnate
adnexed
decurrent
emarginate
free
seceding
sinuate
subdecurrent
no
NA

bare
ring
volva
ring and volva
cortina
NA

black
blackish-brown
brown
buff
cream
green
olive
pink
pinkish-brown
purple
purple-black
purple-brown
reddish-brown
salmon
tan
white
yellow
yellow-orange

mycorrhizal
parasitic
saprotrophic

choice
edible
inedible
caution
psychoactive
poisonous
allergic
deadly
unknown

[edit] Example

These basic parameters can be specified in any order, but should be typed exactly as above, but excluding the = character. For example:

Template:Mycomorphbox
How to create a mycomorphbox
Phlebopus marginatus
mycological characteristics:
 
gills on hymenium
 

cap is infundibuliform

 

hymenium is seceding

 

lacks a stipe

 
 

spore print is buff or cream

 

ecology is mycorrhizal

 

edibility: unknown

{{mycomorphbox
| name = Phlebopus marginatus
| whichGills = seceding
| capShape =infundibuliform
| hymeniumType=gills
| stipeCharacter=NA
| ecologicalType=mycorrhizal
| sporePrintColor=buff
| sporePrintColor2=cream
| howEdible=unknown
}}

Generates the mycomorphbox at right:

All parameters other than name and hymeniumType can now be specified with a secondary characterisitic. For example, a mushroom might appear with both convex and flat caps at maturity, this can be indicated in the mycomorphbox by adding a second capShape parameter, simply by repeating the parameter name followed by the numeral 2:

|capShape=flat
|capShape2=convex

This can be done with the following parameters: capShape, whichGills, stipeCharacter, sporePrintColor, ecologicalType, howEdible.

[edit] Need help adding a mycomorphbox?

1.) Feel free to contact any of these users if you would like assistance:

2.) Or, simply include this template to the top of the article's talk page: {{mycomorphbox-missing}}. This will generate the following box (and someone one will come along and add the mycomorphbox shortly):