Capilano Regoinal Park, North Vancouver, B.c. Canada
Latitude
N49 21.38'
Longitude
W123 06.6'
Altitude
100m
Date
26/10/2002 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
AY228360
Morphological Description
This mushroom has a red cap with a little orange/yellow mixed in; its gills, spore print, and stalk are creamy white. These colors do not change over time. Gills are mostly adnate to decurrent to stalk. The stalk is relatively long, without rings and fragile, and it exudes no latex when broken. It tastes peppery/ acrid.
The spores are oval, white and with warts on the surface. Besides, there are abundant of cystidia within the gills.
Collector
Andy Tso
Number
AT2
Other Collectors
None
Determined by
Andy Tso
Host Substratum
Notes
The mushroom grows in solitary. It is not very common to see any similar species in this area. Since both of my collections were in mature stage, it is not easy to tell the specific characters shown in different ages.
Habitat
The mushroom was growing in coniferous forest. It grows on soil (rotten wood is part of the soil). The situation is wet and full of ferns around.
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: 7 red
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 1 white
Spore length: 7.51
Spore width: 7.0875
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 1 acrid/peppery
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
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: 7 red
Cap width: 38
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 1 white
Flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Flesh fracture: 4 brittle or crumbly
Cap cross section: 3 incurved
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 2 clavate
Stipe core: 1 solid
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Stipe flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Stipe flesh fracture: 4 brittle or crumbly
Stipe flesh color: 1 white
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 15
Stipe length: 60
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Gills break from cap: No
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
Volva type: 6 none
Latex color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
cystidia: cylindrical
