Hillside on west side of pipe bridge, Capilano River Regional Park, North Vancouver
Latitude
49° 21.38
Longitude
123° 06.74
Altitude
100 m
Date
27/10/2001 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Spores minutely roughened. Gill edges light, due to inflated, thin-walled cheilocystidia.
Stipe is long and slender, but seems to arise from a small, (<1 cm) tuber-like base.
Collector
Olivia Lee
Number
Other Collectors
Shona Ellis, Mary Berbee
Determined by
Mary Berbee
Host Substratum
Notes
Habitat
Scattered in soil, under alders.
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
Habit: 2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Color of top surface: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Secondary color top surface: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore print color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when young: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when mature: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore length: 1213
Spore width: 7
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 23
Cap surface texture: 1 scales of any kind
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap flesh color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 1 solid
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Stipe secondary color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 7 other scales
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap: 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: 6 none
Volva color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
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: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction potassium: 7 red
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
cystidia: cheilocystidia
clamp connections: yes