North Vancouver, Capilano Rd.
Capilano River Regional Park off foot path near Capliano Salmon Hatchery.
Latitude
N 49 21.38'
Longitude
W 123 06.64'
Altitude
100m
Date
26/10/2002 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
AY228356
Morphological Description
Cap: Convex, silky, smooth, regular and dry with an indentation in the center of older specimens. In mature specimens collected, light pink concentrically darkens to salmon or flesh beige in center. When fresh had a slightly translucent quality to the color but darkens and becomes buff as specimen dries. The very edge of the caps are deep purple. In younger specimens collected, the entire cap is deep, dull, violet in color.
Stem: Few stray hairs on longitudinally striate to ribbed stem. Slightly bulbous at the base but equal otherwise and is centrally attached to cap. Is terete, flexous and hollow. Color is uniform and is a light shade of lilac identical to gills when fresh. The striations darken and take on a reddish brown hue as the mushroom loses moisture. The flesh in stem fades in color as mushroom dries.
Gills: Adenate attachment, distant spacing. Are broad, unequal, waxy and of average thickness with an eroded edge. When fresh has a light, bright, pale lilac color but darkens to a dull, waxy, purple with a light dusting of white (from spores) as mushroom dries.
Flesh: Is compact and very thin in cap.
Has a mild taste and slightly fishy smell when fresh but odor becomes increasingly stronger and fish-like after it is picked.
Collector
Margaret Kwok
Number
MK 1
Other Collectors
Determined by
Margaret Kwok
Host Substratum
sandy, loose, course grained soil
Notes
The picture does not show the true color of the mushrooms. The gills and stems are in fact purple at the time of photographing. L. bicolor was the closest match to morphological descriptions found however the similarities in the description of characteris
Habitat
The 9 mushrooms were found growing separately but grouped together in a relatively wide open area that was partially shaded. The nearest living tree was at least 10 feet away although there was a felled tree about 4 feet from the mushrooms. There was a light canopy high above with ferns growing beside the specimens in the mixed forest.
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: 6 pink or salmon
Secondary color top surface: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Hymenium color when mature: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Spore length: 7.5
Spore width: 7.5
Smell: 6 other
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: 6 pink or salmon
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: .75
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: Yes
Cap flesh color: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Cap cross section: 4 inrolled
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 2 hollow
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: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Stipe secondary color: 6 pink or salmon
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 9 hairy
Stipe width: .307
Stipe length: 40100
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap: No
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills waxy feel: Yes
Gills anastomosing: No
Gills forked: Yes
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 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: 2 rough
