Found in Capilano River Regional Park (North Vancouver), on the slope between Capilano Park Road and the Coho Loop Trail near the viewpoint—approximately 8 meters east of the trail on a large, steep hill.
Latitude
49.2113
Longitude
-123.638
Altitude
90m
Date
23/10/2021 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Collector
Emma Cont
Number
5
Other Collectors
Anne Toal, Emma Cont, William Rogers, Jack Paransky
Determined by
Emma Cont
Host Substratum
Growing on decaying wood stump.
Notes
Macroscopic: The lamellae are broadly attached to the stipe, shallow near the stipe and deepening toward the margin; they are a pale beige, with a white spore print. Gills are crowded (~0.05 cm spacing) and arranged in alternating tiers—long primaries running from stipe to margin interspersed with shorter lamellulae extending about halfway inward—typically in a large–small sequence. In immature specimens, small lamellulae measure 0.1–0.7 cm (avg ~0.4 cm; highly variable) and large primaries ~1.0 cm; in mature specimens, small lamellulae are 0.2–1.0 cm (avg ~0.5 cm; highly variable) and large primaries ~1.5 cm. The stipe is central, round, smooth, and shiny, grading in mature mushrooms from dark brown at the base to brown at the apex, and in younger mushrooms from brown at the base to dark beige at the apex; the very apex where it meets the cap is pale beige. The pileus is plane to slightly convex in maturity and convex when young; the surface is fibrous with fine striations, dull when dry and lubricous/moist when wet. Mature caps (diameter 3.56 cm; disc thickness 0.10 cm) show a dark-brown disc with brown center fading irregularly to cream at the margin. Young caps (diameter 1.40 cm; disc thickness 0.10 cm) mirror the pattern but are lighter overall—brown at the center shifting to dark cream and then cream—with smoother transitions; as specimens dry, contrasts diminish and colors lighten. No distinctive odor/taste.
Microscopic: 2 large sterigma per basidium, lacking cystidia. Slightly ellipsoid white amyloid warted spores 5.5-8 x 4.5-6 µm.
Habitat
Growing on decaying wood stump underneath a conifer, moss and lichen present on stump. Ferns near by.
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
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
