North Vancouver, Capilano River Regional Park, Coho Loop Trail, about 3 metres uphill from the trail
Latitude
49.3529
Longitude
-123.1131
Altitude
90 m
Date
09/01/2024 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Pinkish-brown cap with dark brown hair-looking scales; creamy white fibrous stem; cottony/membrane-like veil, and presence of a ring; cap dry to touch in lab, but a bit viscid when foraging in the rain; mild mushroom odor; grew in a clump of 4 mushrooms
Collector
Vora Kim
Number
VK101924.5
Other Collectors
Annie Zeng, Jenna Beaumont, Kayree Rosales
Determined by
Vora Kim
Host Substratum
Likely a coniferous tree
Notes
Habitat
Growing on a coniferous tree root yet under a decaying log, where the lower portion of the stipe was immersed in the soil
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: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Secondary color top surface: 6 pink or salmon
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore length: 10
Spore width: 5.25
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 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 width: 35
Cap surface texture: 1 scales of any kind
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 1 white
Flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap cross section: 5 straight
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 1 solid
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Stipe flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 1 white
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: 7
Stipe length: 105
Gill attachment: 3 decurrent
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Gills break from cap: No
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills waxy feel: No
Gills anastomosing: No
Gills forked: No
Ring type: 2 sheath or collar-like
Partial veil type: 5 none
Ring location on stalk: 1 upper stalk
Ring number: 1 single
Ring color: 1 white
Volva type: 6 none
Latex color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Latex stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Melzer's color: 5 orange
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
clamp connections: basidial clamp connections present
