Capilano River Regional Park, District of North Vancouver
Latitude
N49 21.47'
Longitude
W123 06.79
Altitude
100 ft above sea level
Date
26/10/2002 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
CAP 100 mm in diameter; circular, plane; surface covered with several patches of whitish gray universal veil; colour beneath veil patches (secondary colour) tan-light brown (brownish-gray to be exact). Flesh fragile, difficult to handle without damage, white. Gills free, white. Stalk 150 mm long, 11 mm thick, tapering upward, covered with grayish scales. Universal veil present forming a constricted flaring volva. Partial veil not present. Spore print white; spores length 10.5 um, width 9.5 um.
Collector
Khoa Nguyen
Number
KN1
Other Collectors
none
Determined by
Khoa Nguyen
Host Substratum
decaying vegetation (mycelium may be associated w/ plant root, possibly hemlock)
Notes
Habitat
-solitary
-shady environment
-surrounded by shady, tall growing hemlocks
-grew on moist ground (conposed of decaying plant matter)
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: 2 light gray
Secondary color top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when mature: 1 white
Spore length: 910.5
Spore width: 810
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: 2 even or flat
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 8 tan - light brown
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 100
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 1 white
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Cap cross section: 5 straight
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe core: 1 solid
Stipe position: 2 off-center
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Stipe flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Stipe flesh color: 1 white
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 2 light gray
Stipe secondary color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 7 other scales
Stipe width: 11
Stipe length: 150
Gill attachment: 5 free
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap: Yes
Gills deliquescent: Yes
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 color: 2 light gray
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: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 6 circular
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
cystidia: present
clamp connections: present