Capilano River Regional Park, close to the start of the Giant Fir Trail, found on the right side of the trail, near the trail.
Latitude
49.3563
Longitude
-123.1114
Altitude
65 m
Date
20/10/2024 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Collector
Ashley Harmata
Number
ah2024Oct19.29
Other Collectors
Julia Rothar, Elyon Benson
Determined by
Ashley Harmata
Host Substratum
Soil
Notes
Stem brown/cream coloured (turns blue/black when exposed to oxygen), stem is eccentric and fibrous, cap light brown/beige, underside has pores that are yellow and turn brown when bruised, spore print is brown/cinnamon coloured
Habitat
On soil near Douglas fir
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
4 cylindrical
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
pored mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: pored mushroom
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Secondary color top surface: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Spore print color: 8 tan - light brown
Hymenium color when young: 4 yellow/gold
Hymenium color when mature: 8 tan - light brown
Spore length: 7.51
Spore width: 2.53
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Cap shape when mature: 4 cylindrical
Cap shape in center: 2 even or flat
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 60
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 2 sticky or slimy when dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap hygrophanous: Yes
Cap flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 1 jelly-like
Cap cross section: 5 straight
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe core: 4 chambered
Stipe position: 2 off-center
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Stipe flesh color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: 15
Stipe length: 50
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
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
Latex color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: none
