Anatomy of Mantle in Plain View (Compound Microscope)

Specialized cells

laticifers: hyphae usually wider than surrounding hyphae and usually with opaque granular cytoplasm (latex). Latex is milky or colourless and may have typical colours, as for fruitbodies.
oleiferous cells (or hyphae): larger than surrounding cells (or hyphae), filled with an oily substance that gains contrast in 15% KOH, not reacting to sulfovanillin
laticiferous cells: cells that contain latex (but are not obviously elongated)

Mantle Type

	felt prosenchyma: loose, not organized; abundant interhyphal spaces; cells distinctly elongated; hyphae similar to emanating hyphae
	net prosenchyma: loosely organized; interhyphal spaces; cells distinctly elongated; hyphae wider, shorter celled, and more branched than those emanating
	net synenchyma: compact, without obvious interhyphal spaces; cells elongated
	interlocking irregular synenchyma: compact, no obvious interhyphal spaces; cells not distinctly elongated; like a jigsaw puzzle
	non-interlocking irregular synenchyma: compact, no obvious interhyphal spaces; cells not distinctly elongated, cells generally rounded
	regular synenchyma: compact, no obvious interhyphal spaces; cells with straight sided walls

Matrix materials: amorphous material between cells or hyphae

Ornamentation: surface texture of the outer hyphal or cell wall, due to attached particles or droplets, or due to outgrowths of wall. Size of ornamentation is defined relative to the hyphal diameter: small <20%, medium 20-50%, large>50%

crystalline: sharp-edged, crystal-like particles
verrucose: wart-like particles or outgrowths
globular: round bodies or droplets

Cell or hyphal Contents (without regard to colour)