Capilano River Park, North Vancouver, Near the base of the Coho Loop trail, North side of the river.
Latitude
49.3540
Longitude
-123.1118
Altitude
75m
Date
20/10/2024 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Orange mushroom with shiny, slimy cap when wet. The cap is more vibrant than the stipe which is paler in colour. Cap is depressed and arched-uplifted. Gill attachment is decurrent.
Collector
Daisy Liu
Number
DL.2024.10.19.4
Other Collectors
Kyrstin Simpson, Tushani Pradhan
Determined by
Daisy Liu
Host Substratum
Soil
Notes
Mushroom has a milky white latex and a delayed, peppery taste. Spore print is creamy white. Spores are subglobose to broadly ellipsoid, ornamented with irregular ridges and scattered warts, that turn blue-black in reaction with Melzer's reagent.
Spore shape: subglobose to broadly ellipsoid
Average spore length: 8 μm
Average spore wideth: 7 μm
Spore ornamentation: irregular ridges and scattered warts
Spores’ reaction to Melzer’s reagent: Amyloid reaction, ornamentation turns dark blue
Basidia: 4 spored
Average Basidia length: 50 μm
Average Basidia width: 10 μm
Average Pleurocystidia length: 75 μm
Average Pleurocystidia width: 7.5 μm
Average Cheilocystidia length: 37.5 μm
Average Cheilocystidia width: 5 μm
Habitat
Found in soil on the ground near the base of a Douglas fir tree. Grows in mossy areas amongst coniferous woodland.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
2 funnel
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: 5 orange
Spore print color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when young: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when mature: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore length: 8
Spore width: 7
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 1 acrid/peppery
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 2 funnel
Cap shape in center: 3 depressed
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 5 orange
Cap width: 50
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 5 orange
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Cap cross section: 1 upturned
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
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: 5 orange
Stipe primary color: 5 orange
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: 8
Stipe length: 95
Gill attachment: 3 decurrent
Partial veil type: 5 none
Latex color: 1 white
Reaction Melzer's color: 13 blue
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: Spores are subglobose to broadly ellipsoid, ornamented with irregular ridges and scattered warts.
