North Vancouver, Capilano River Regional Park, Coho Loop trail off
of the Capilano Hatchery. West of Capilano Rd. West of Capilano River.
North East of the junction between Coho Loop, Pipeline trail, and
Shinglebolt trail, off trail.
Latitude
49.2117
Longitude
123.646
Altitude
70
Date
23/10/2021 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Collector
Teagan Kufske
Number
TK7
Other Collectors
Brooke Armstrong, Kamryn Russell
Determined by
Teagan Kufske
Host Substratum
Soil and Kindbergia oregana moss.
Notes
Macroscopic:
Stipe length is 30mm, width 4mm. Cap diameter is 15mm, cap length is 11mm. Cap colour, a orange-ish
brown-ish colour, with slight black fibrous markings near top. Younger caps are parabolic in shape,
more mature caps are more umbonate in shape. Flesh of the cap is a yellowish colour.
Stipe is yellow in colour, lighter near cap and more
yellow/brownish near base of stipe. Stipe is longitudinally striate.
Cap has cortina connecting between the margin of the cap/lower end of the gills, and the apex of the
stipe/near the base of the cap on the stipe.
Put KOH on the flesh of the cap, and turned crimson red.
Microscopic:
Spores are yellowish (with a tinge of green) in colour. They are slightly roughened around the edges.
There are no cystidia.
Habitat
In soil with moss (Kindbergia oregana) and decaying pine
needles and other leaves around it.
Lots of loose twigs around as well.
Coniferous trees around it.
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
Cap shape when mature: 1 conical/bell shape
