Key Identification Features
- Stipe color ranges from white to pink to red, and it has 4–6 distinct, deeply grooved sides separated by lengthwise ribs.
- The angular shape of this stipe is the key feature that distinguishes L.
- A cross-section of an arm shows a spongy structure with one wide inner tube and two indistinct rows of tubes toward the outside.
- Both species form whitish mesh balls of similar size, but they can be told apart by features of the receptacle arms that make up the mesh.
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