Second Canyon Trail, North Vancouver, BC V7R 4L2. Near the intersection of Pipeline Trail and Second Canyon Trail
Latitude
49.356
Longitude
-123.112
Altitude
81m
Date
20/10/2024 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Collector
Yvonne Chan
Number
NKSY17
Other Collectors
Sarah-Isabelle Radziszewski, Kati Hruska, Natalie Roche
Determined by
Yvonne Chan
Host Substratum
Decaying wood
Notes
Dark brown spore print. Cap is conical, milk chocolate coloured fading to light cream at the margins, striations run 2/3 up from margin. Stipe is white coloured, hollow, and fragile. No visible annulus. Gills are crowded and crinkled, start out white before becoming grey and then black.
Habitat
Found in area with decaying wood, soil, and moss
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
1 conical/bell shape
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 3 compact clumps
Color of top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Secondary color top surface: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore print color: 11 dark brown
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 15 black or dark gray
Spore length: 7
Spore width: 5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 1 conical/bell shape
Cap shape in center: 2 even or flat
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 8 tan - light brown
Cap width: 19
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: Yes
Cap flesh color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap cross section: 5 straight
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 2 hollow
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Stipe flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 1 white
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 3
Stipe length: 20
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Gills break from cap: Yes
Gills deliquescent: Yes
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: No
Gills waxy feel: Yes
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
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
cystidia: Pleurocystidia & Cheilocystidia ovoid, Caulocystidia long tapered.
