North Vancouver, Capilano River Regional Park, ~10 metres west of Second Canyon trail uphill on a side trail
Latitude
49.3565771
Longitude
-123.1117077
Altitude
75 m
Date
20/10/2024 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Extensive branching coral structure with slightly hollow base, longer than is wide.
Collector
Katherine Brynjolfson
Number
KB101924_1
Other Collectors
Katie Eileen Sattler, Thea Elias, Sophie Hoye Pacholek
Determined by
Katherine Brynjolfson
Host Substratum
Notes
Morphological data section uses 'cap' for upper branches of fungus, 'stipe' for base
Habitat
Growing under a tree root on an east-facing slope, largely near coniferous trees, mossy, on decaying wood/humus/soil
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
coral
morphology summary
Material collected: coral
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 5 orange
Secondary color top surface: 4 yellow/gold
Spore print color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when young: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when mature: 5 orange
Spore length: 8
Spore width: 4
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 5 orange
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Flesh fracture: 1 jelly-like
Stipe shape: 2 clavate
Stipe core: 4 chambered
Stipe position: 2 off-center
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Stipe flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe secondary color: 1 white
Stipe stain color: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 10
Stipe length: 15
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Melzer's color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: verrucose
cystidia: not observed
clamp connections: not observed
