North Vancouver, Capilano River Regional Park, Coho Trail Loop, ~10 m from Pipeline Trail, south of river, 1 m off trail, away from the river.
Latitude
49.3529
Longitude
-123.1131
Altitude
75
Date
20/10/2024 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Cap 0.5-1.0 cm, colour is orange to pale yellow with same colour or paler margin; Is Hygrophanous, pale yellow and translucent when wet, orange when dried; Surface: usually dry and moist when wet; Texture: groove, virgate (streaked), striate margin; Consistency: fragile; Odor and Taste: mild; Gills: Pale yellow, free with subdistant spacing and moderate thickness.
Stipe: 2.9-4.7 x 0.1-0.2 cm, hollow, fragile, central, straight or curved; Volva has faint swelling and is grayish in colour; Surface has micro hairs at the apex of stipe that is bright bright orange and has a darker and smooth gradient as it moves to the stipe base.
Microstructures: Spores 7.6-10 x 5-7 um, elliptical, Dectrinoid (orange colour with Meltzers); Basidia 4-spored; Cheilocystidia 37-42 x 7.5-10 um; Pleurocystidia not found.
Collector
Kayree Rosales
Number
KR10192024.6
Other Collectors
Annie Zeng, Jenna Beaumont, Vora Kim
Determined by
Kayree Rosales
Host Substratum
Decaying wood
Notes
Colour changes with light, in direct light is all pale yellow some conical shade of even paler yellow, in distant light, becomes tan and conical colour shades of brown. Grown in moss on top of decaying wood. Spore print is brown or rusty.
Habitat
Grows on decaying wood among mosses
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: 2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Color of top surface: 3 pale yellow or cream
Secondary color top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Spore print color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Hymenium color when young: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when mature: 4 yellow/gold
Spore length: 9
Spore width: 6
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Cap shape when mature: 1 conical/bell shape
Cap shape in center: 3 depressed
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 4 yellow/gold
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 5
Cap surface texture: 5 groove or streaked
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: Yes
Cap flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
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: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Stipe flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Stipe flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 4 yellow/gold
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 4 yellow/gold
Stipe secondary color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 9 hairy
Stipe width: 1
Stipe length: 49
Gill attachment: 5 free
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap: No
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: No
Gills waxy feel: No
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: 4 indistinct
Volva color: 2 light gray
Latex color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Latex stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction ammonia color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Fe. Sul. color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Melzer's color: 5 orange
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
cystidia: Cheilocystidia present
