North Vancouver, Capilano River Regional Park, west of Giant Fir Trail, north of Ancient Sentinels
Latitude
49.3576
Longitude
-123.1122
Altitude
110 m
Date
28/10/2023 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
PP550892
Morphological Description
Cap dark brown (date) and slightly slimy when fresh (glutinous/gelified pileipellis). Whitish, membranous partial veil remnants on irregular margin. Cap damaged, potentially from predation and/or environmental factors. Gills are tan and adnate to slightly decurrent; lamellulae present. Stalk is tan, filamentous and firm, even to slightly bulbous. No volva.
Collector
Kira Ptak
Number
KP2023OCT.7
Other Collectors
Linda Au
Determined by
Kira Ptak
Host Substratum
Notes
Spore print in specimen package. Semi-permanent slide made of hymenium with visible spores and cystidia.
Habitat
Growing on soil under root of standing dead Alnus sp. (some bark attached, no branches) near Thuja plicata sapling and Plagiomnium insigne on a slope of late successional Coastal Western Hemlock biogeoclimatic zone
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
3 convex to plane
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 11 dark brown
Secondary color top surface: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Spore print color: 11 dark brown
Hymenium color when young: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Hymenium color when mature: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Spore length: 911
Spore width: 5.57
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 11 dark brown
Cap width: 30
Cap surface texture: 3 rough, wrinkled, cracked, warts
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap hygrophanous: Yes
Cap flesh color: 8 tan - light brown
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Cap cross section: 3 incurved
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 4 veil remnants
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 1 solid
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe primary color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe secondary color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Gill attachment: 3 decurrent
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: No
Gills waxy feel: Yes
Gills anastomosing: No
Gills forked: No
Ring type: 1 skirt-like
Partial veil type: 4 membranous
Ring location on stalk: 1 upper stalk
Ring number: 1 single
Ring color: 8 tan - light brown
Volva type: 6 none
Volva color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Latex color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Latex stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Melzer's color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
cystidia: yes
