North Vancouver, Capilano River Regional Park, hillside off east side of Shinglebolt Trail, near intersection of Shinglebolt and Capilano Pacific Trails
Latitude
49.3562
Longitude
-123.1170
Altitude
132
Date
20/10/2024 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
n/a
Morphological Description
Small gilled mushroom with vivid orange pileus.
Collector
Harmony Chao
Number
HC.6.Oct192024
Other Collectors
Chloe Thomas, Paul English
Determined by
Harmony Chao
Host Substratum
Dead pine needle carpet on top of soil.
Notes
This genus is saprotrophic. Found growing next to one other member of similar age, ~10 cm away.
Habitat
On moss frond on moist forest floor, among decaying plant debris, in the vicinity of conifers.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
n/a
Name of Sequencer
Harmony Chao
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
1 conical/bell shape
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 5 orange
Secondary color top surface: 4 yellow/gold
Spore print color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore length: 6.25
Spore width: 3.75
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Cap shape when mature: 1 conical/bell shape
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 5 orange
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 4
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Cap flesh stain color: 4 yellow/gold
Flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Cap cross section: 5 straight
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 2 hollow
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Stipe flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Stipe flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Stipe flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 4 yellow/gold
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 1
Stipe length: 18
Gill attachment: 2 adnexed
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 4 yellow/gold
Gills break from cap: No
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: Yes
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: 4 yellow/gold
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: none
cystidia: cheilocystidia
clamp connections: not observed, but present according to literature
cap cuticle type: n/a
trama type: filamentous
