Use this mycology utility to record or consistently classify a stated fungal morphology, culture, ecology, assay, cultivation, or microscopy observation for later expert review.

Collarette state

Required string input.

Detect whether a phialide collarette is visible and report its recorded state. The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.^[1]

Collarette state

The resulting collarette state returned as a string.

Visible

The resulting visible returned as a boolean.

• Fungal identification and susceptibility interpretation depend on specimen quality, developmental stage, medium, temperature, microscopy, molecular evidence, validated breakpoints, and taxonomic context. Pattern-based output is not an edibility, toxicity, infection, or treatment determination.
• Use finite inputs in the displayed units and preserve more precision than the final presentation requires. Independently verify safety-critical, financial, compliance, or production decisions.

Preserve images, specimen and culture metadata, method and reference standard, use multiple characters or molecular confirmation, and refer clinical or poisoning questions to qualified services.

• Volva Presence Detector

  Detect whether a volva is present at the stipe base and record its form.

• Ascus Spore Count

  Report whether the observed count is exactly eight spores per ascus without imposing an arbitrary upper limit on other observations.

• Durham Gas Detector

  Record whether gas is trapped in a Durham tube; this detects gas production but does not replace a separate acid or growth reading.