North Vancouver, Capilano River Regional Park, about 5 steps to the left uphill off of Coho Trail, nearest intersection Giant Fir Trail
Latitude
49.356695
Longitude
-123.111685
Altitude
80 m
Date
28/10/2023 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
PP550908
Morphological Description
Entirely pure white, silky, fibrous mushrooms with greyish-brown spore print. Flexuous to equal stipes. Conical caps, one more expanded than the other.
Collector
Sarandeep Khella
Number
AASD234
Other Collectors
Danielle De Martin
Determined by
Danielle De Martin
Host Substratum
On wet soil with moss growing around it
Notes
Spore print in specimen package, spore colour greyish brown, 6.5-8 x 4.38-5.38 µm spore size. Cystidia present, 35.5-39.5 x 13.75-17.5 µm in size
Habitat
Growing on wet soil surrounded by moss and Douglas fir trees
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: 2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Color of top surface: 1 white
Secondary color top surface: 1 white
Spore print color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 1 white
Spore length: 7.25
Spore width: 4.88
Smell: 5 mealy or floury
Taste: 2 bitter
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: 1 white
Cap stain color: 1 white
Cap width: 12.35
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 1 white
Cap flesh stain color: 1 white
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap cross section: 3 incurved
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
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: 1 white
Stipe flesh stain color: 1 white
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe stain color: 1 white
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 2.55
Stipe length: 52.5
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Gills break from cap: No
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: No
Gills waxy feel: No
Gills anastomosing: No
Gills forked: No
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 5 none
Ring location on stalk: 5 none
Ring number: 3 none
Ring color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
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 ammonia color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Fe. Sul. color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Melzer's color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 5 pear shape
Spore ornamentation: psilate
cystidia: cheilocystidia present
clamp connections: present
cap cuticle type: trichoderm
trama type: absent
