Capilano River Regional Park, North Vancouver.
Found approximately two-hundred feet along, and one foot to the side of Giant Fir Trail.
Latitude
N 49° 21.38'
Longitude
W 123° 06.64'
Altitude
<100m
Date
27/10/2001 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
This mushroom had a overall dark-brown woody appearance when fresh, and a lighter-brown woody appearance when dried. The mushroom looked like a piece of wood, and had a corky, tough texture.
In regards to the cap, it was 'U' or cup shaped, and flared outwards slightly. On the underside of the cap were spines or teeth, which were brown in colour on the fresh specimen, but a very dark-black colour on the dried specimen. The teeth were decurrent, running down the underside of the cap to the stipe, becoming progressively longer closer to the stipe. The inside of the cap was dark-brown when fresh and a lighter-brown when dried. The inside of the cap was also rippled in appearance with a dark ring circleling it. The margin of the cap was faintly wavy, with an uneven, scalloped edge. The edge of the cap was also quite dark in appearance and became more of a woody, dark-brown further away from it.
The stipe and the cap were one continous piece, however, the cap was somewhat off-center of the stipe. The stipe was the same colour and texture as the cap: woody, dark-brown, corky and tough. The stipe, while corky and tough, was not completely linear, but was slighly undulated. No ring or veil was present on the stipe. There was also no volva at the base of the stipe.
No latex or juice was emitted from either the cap or stipe when cut.
As for the microscopic features, the basidiospores were warty, very cylindrical, and lightly-brown in appearance. The average spore size was 4.5 micrometers in width by 5.0 micrometers in length. There were no clamp connections visible on the hyphae, and the basidia of this particular mushroom was quite wide.
Collector
Kevin Freer
Number
kf1
Other Collectors
None
Determined by
Kevin Freer
Host Substratum
Humus
Notes
The sequence below was a very poor match for other Hydnellum spp. ITS regions in GenBank.
Mushroom was in a fairly well shelted environment as a canopy of tree leaves hanged above it. The mushroom was growing in close proximity to conifer trees. The mushroom itself was almost completely buried in layers of moss. Furthermore, the immediate habitat area was covered in dirt, wood, and dead organic matter.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
toothed mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: toothed mushroom
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 11 dark brown
Secondary color top surface: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Spore print color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when young: 11 dark brown
Hymenium color when mature: 11 dark brown
Spore length: 5
Spore width: 4.5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 4 very hard, woody
Cap color with age: 11 dark brown
Cap width: 15
Cap surface texture: 6 other - use only when the others clearly do not fit
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap flesh color: 11 dark brown
Flesh toughness: 4 very tough - very difficult to tear by hand
Flesh fracture: 4 brittle or crumbly
Cap cross section: 1 upturned
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
Cap edge: 3 scalloped
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 1 solid
Stipe position: 2 off-center
Stipe flesh hardness: 4 very hard, woody
Stipe flesh toughness: 4 very tough - very difficult to tear by hand
Stipe flesh fracture: 4 brittle or crumbly
Stipe flesh color: 11 dark brown
Stipe primary color: 11 dark brown
Stipe secondary color: 11 dark brown
Stipe width: 3
Stipe length: 20
Spore shape: 4 knobbed
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
cystidia: not visible
clamp connections: not visible
