North Vancouver, Capilano Regional Park, by switchbacks on Giant Fir Trail, near intersection of Giant Fir Trail and Second Canyon Trail, twenty paces to the left of the trail when facing North
Latitude
49.357
Longitude
-123.112
Altitude
94 m
Date
28/10/2023 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
PP550886
Morphological Description
coral has many branches growing upwards, some intertwined; fruiting body is grayish-taupe near the base and pallid-beige near the tips of the branches; fruiting body appears charcoal in colour where parasitized by Helminthosphaeria clavarium; some branches are dichotomously forked at the tips;
Collector
Noah Pugh Martin
Number
2023-10-28_NP_3
Other Collectors
Jamie You, Cayley Clark, Ziyi Wang
Determined by
Cayley Clark
Host Substratum
On soil near decaying red alders
Notes
spore print in specimen package; spores are white in colour, subglobose, smooth, thick walled, and have a dark marking where they were attached to basidia; specimen is parasitized by Helminthosphaeria clavarium;
Habitat
On moist soil between two red alders
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
coral
morphology summary
Material collected: coral
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Secondary color top surface: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when mature: 8 tan - light brown
Spore length: 9.4
Spore width: 7.8
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap color with age: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap flesh color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe secondary color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
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: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
