On the cap of the dark colored X. separans it looked like this.
The blue-green color is not that obvious.
Ammonia test to differentiate the different specie of Xanthoconium.
About a drop of household ammonia was used.
On the cap of the dark colored X. separans it looked like this.
The blue-green color is not that obvious.
On the stem of the same mushroom it was
more dramatic:
Below is one cap where there was no
blue-green color produced, and this should indicate that the mushroom is
Xanthoconium affine.
The red spot is where the ammonia drop was.