Giant Fir Trail and Second Canyon Viewpoint intersection, Capilano.
Latitude
49.2126
Longitude
-123.643
Altitude
79m
Date
28/10/2023 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Cap is smooth and slimy. Gills are whitish grey. Scattered growth. Cap colour is purplish/grey and crinkled at the edges. Stipe is white and turns yellow at the base, and is hollow inside.
Collector
Gia Khanna
Number
GK01Oct282023
Other Collectors
Determined by
Mary Berbee
Host Substratum
Overgrowth of ferns close to a dead Douglas fir
Notes
Habitat
Forest
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: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Secondary color top surface: 15 black or dark gray
Spore print color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 2 light gray
Spore length: 1.125
Spore width: .5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 2 bitter
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
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: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Cap stain color: 15 black or dark gray
Cap width: 36
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 1 white
Cap flesh stain color: 2 light gray
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 1 jelly-like
Cap cross section: 5 straight
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 2 wavy or lobed
Stipe shape: 1 bulbous
Stipe core: 2 hollow
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 7 red
Stipe stain color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 9
Stipe length: 79
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Hymenium stain color: 2 light gray
Gills break from cap: Yes
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: No
Gills waxy feel: No
Partial veil type: 1 cobwebby
Ring location on stalk: 1 upper stalk
Ring number: 1 single
Ring color: 7 red
Latex color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Latex stain color: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: spiny
cystidia: n/a
