North Vancouver, Capilano Regional Park, on the hill beside Giant Fir trail, 15m west of Giant fir trail
Latitude
49.3565779
Longitude
-123.1121667
Altitude
70 m
Date
28/10/2023 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
PP550907
Morphological Description
Collector
Chenwei Wu
Number
CW202310282
Other Collectors
Teresa Lei, XinYi Li
Determined by
Chenwei Wu
Host Substratum
On moist decaying wood
Notes
black spore print, thin walled spore with seseme like shape, 7.5x5µm in size, pleurocystidia present, dark gill color
Habitat
Growing on decaying wood(probably Western Hemlock)
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: 3 pale yellow or cream
Secondary color top surface: 2 light gray
Spore print color: 15 black or dark gray
Hymenium color when young: 15 black or dark gray
Hymenium color when mature: 15 black or dark gray
Spore length: 7.5
Spore width: 5
Smell: 2 mild/none
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: 3 pale yellow or cream
Cap stain color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Cap width: 24
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: Yes
Cap flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Cap flesh stain color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
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 position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
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: 11 dark brown
Stipe stain color: 1 white
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: 3
Stipe length: 84
Gill attachment: 5 free
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 15 black or dark gray
Gills break from cap: No
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: Yes
Gills waxy feel: Yes
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 Melzer's color: 5 orange
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: smooth
cystidia: pleurocystidia present
cap cuticle type: cylindrical cell
trama type: thin
