North Vancouver, Capilano River Regional Park. Found on Coho Loop Trail
Latitude
49.3546
Longitude
-123.1104
Altitude
60 m
Date
20/10/2024 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Collector
Annie Zeng
Number
AZ10192024.3
Other Collectors
Jenna Beaumont, Vora Kim, Kayree Rosales
Determined by
Annie Zeng
Host Substratum
Decaying Douglas Fir Log
Notes
The mushroom appeared quite young, with a bright orange, convex cap and a creamy white stem. It had a slimy surface and bitter/ammonia-like taste.
Habitat
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: 3 compact clumps
Color of top surface: 5 orange
Secondary color top surface: 6 pink or salmon
Hymenium color when young: 4 yellow/gold
Spore length: 7.62
Spore width: 5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 2 bitter
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 2 even or flat
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap width: 81
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap flesh color: 5 orange
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 1 bulbous
Stipe core: 1 solid
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe primary color: 4 yellow/gold
Stipe secondary color: 5 orange
Stipe width: 3.5
Stipe length: 25.5
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Spore ornamentation: none (smooth)
cystidia: only pleurocystidia [MB note, chrysocystidia and cheilocystdia expected]
