Capilano River Regional Park, North Vancouver. Found on the the west side of the river approximately 20m west of the second canyon trail.
Latitude
49.3557
Longitude
-123.11144
Altitude
90 m
Date
28/10/2023 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
PP550893
Morphological Description
A white, fleshy polypore growing form dead hardwood with no discernible stipe. Margins remain irregular along with pilleus structure. Fungus is dry with no discernible odour or taste.
Collector
Simon Mattern
Number
SM102923.2
Other Collectors
Freya Zhu, Isabella Factor, Lauren Brown
Determined by
Simon Mattern
Host Substratum
Fruiting body found growing of moist decaying wood, presumably a conifer branch
Notes
Fungi is white in colour growing in bracket with no obvious shape. Margins are globular and pores are large and present on underside of cap. Producing basidium ranging from 5um to 12.5um in size. cap is dry, smooth and corky with no distinct smell and a delayed bitter flavour.
Habitat
Found on a moist branch on forest floor surrounded by Yellow cedars, Western Hemlocks and Douglas Firs.
Material collected: pored wood decay fungus
Habit: 3 compact clumps
Color of top surface: 1 white
Secondary color top surface: 1 white
Spore print color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 1 white
Spore length: 12
Spore width: 5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 2 bitter
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 5 globular
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap shape from above: 2 irregular
Cap color with age: 1 white
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 17
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 1 white
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Cap cross section: 1 upturned
Cap edge: 2 wavy or lobed
Hymenium stain 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
Spore shape: 6 circular
Spore ornamentation: none