off Coho Loop Trail, Capilano River Regional Park, North Vancouver
Latitude
N49 21.47'
Longitude
W123 06.79'
Altitude
~100 m
Date
26/10/2002 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
AY228349
Morphological Description
Collector
Justine Karst
Number
JK1
Other Collectors
Determined by
Justine Karst
Host Substratum
n/a
Notes
Upon exposure or bruising, all parts of the flesh stain reddish brown turning dark gray within ten minutes. When dried, specimen stipe turned dark gray along small, hairline groves running longitudinally down stem. Spore measurments were taken including s
Habitat
Found on forest floor in second growth Douglas Fir stand.
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: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 12 greenish
Spore print color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when mature: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore length: 12.5
Spore width: 11
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 3 depressed
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 12 greenish
Cap stain color: 15 black or dark gray
Cap width: 9
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Cap flesh stain color: 15 black or dark gray
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Cap cross section: 4 inrolled
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
Cap edge: 2 wavy or lobed
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 3 pithy
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: 2 irregular tear
Stipe flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe flesh stain color: 15 black or dark gray
Stipe primary color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe stain color: 15 black or dark gray
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 3
Stipe length: 60
Gill attachment: 3 decurrent
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Gills break from cap: Yes
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: 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
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
cystidia: clavate
clamp connections: absent
cap cuticle type: cutis
trama type: sphaerocysts present
