Capilano Fish Hatchery, 4500 Capilano Rd., North Vancouver
Latitude
N 49 21.4'
Longitude
W 123 06.7'
Altitude
100 M
Date
26/10/2002 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
AY228353
Morphological Description
Small, mostly unbranched, solitary, coral species with pale yellow hymenium and with stem more coloured than fertile portion. Stem being clear yellow colour. No clamp connections found in hyphae. Slight constriction at septa. Spore smooth and elliptic to round with hyaler appendix obvious in most. Description similar to that of Clavaria agillacea Fr.
Collector
Nicole Haddad
Number
NH1
Other Collectors
Determined by
Nicole Haddad
Host Substratum
none known
Notes
Habitat
Growing in gravely soil next to foot path in hemlock forest.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
coral
morphology summary
Material collected: coral
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 3 pale yellow or cream
Secondary color top surface: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when mature: 3 pale yellow or cream
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Flesh fracture: 4 brittle or crumbly
Stipe flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Stipe flesh fracture: 4 brittle or crumbly
Stipe flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
cystidia: none observed
clamp connections: none unless at base of basidia
