Capilano River Regional Park (river and hatchery). At the junction of the second canyon trail.
Latitude
49.3571
Longitude
-123.11111
Altitude
65 m
Date
20/10/2024 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
The gills have black edges along the entirety of each gill. The stem is white and has no ring, with brown-grey longitudinal striation, more at the top near cap. The cap is convex, smooth/slimy, dark brown and about ~2-2.5 inches in diameter. The spores are a salmon colour, the pleurocystidia vary in shape from antlered to flask shaped, and the cap pillus is trichopalisade.
Collector
Gabby Tedesco
Number
gt2024Oct19.1
Other Collectors
Mehmet Eyüboglu, Ceili Clark, Annica Constantin
Determined by
Gabrielle Tedesco
Host Substratum
Dead tree and moss
Notes
Smooth/slimy dark brown convex cap. Free broad gills with straight margin. Forking marginate gills with white face and brown/black edges (white face turned grey/salmon after one day). Centred white stem with light brown lateral striation and a clavate base. Spores (~5micrometers) are salmon in colour and have an apical pore and no ornamentation. Have trichopalisade cap pellis and variation of antlered and flask shaped cystidia. Has slight earthy smell.
Habitat
On a fallen tree in forest (Capilano Regional Park across from Hatchery)
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 11 dark brown
Secondary color top surface: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore print color: 6 pink or salmon
Spore length: 5
Spore width: 4
Smell: 2 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
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 color with age: 11 dark brown
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 63.5
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: No
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: 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 core: 1 solid
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 3 hard, potato-like
Stipe flesh color: 1 white
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: 10.6
Gill attachment: 5 free
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Gills break from cap: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills forked: Yes
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
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: none
cystidia: Antlered and flask shaped
