Capilano River Regional Park, 3735 Capilano Road. District of North Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
Latitude
N 49° 21.47'
Longitude
W 123° 06.47'
Altitude
<100m
Date
21/10/2006 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
EF530927
Morphological Description
Collector
Laura Machial
Number
LM01
Other Collectors
Adria Hussain, Ashey Johnston, and Karmen Scott
Determined by
Laura Machial
Host Substratum
Wood (probably hemlock)
Notes
Basidiospores were smooth and elliptical in shape. There were four sterigmata equal in length on each basidium. Chrysocystidia were present on the face of the gills. The gills were unequal.
Habitat
Growing in a shady area of a mixed coniferous forest. Growing out of wood underneath a hemlock. Approximately 20m from path
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: 5 orange
Secondary color top surface: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore print color: 11 dark brown
Hymenium color when young: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when mature: 8 tan - light brown
Spore length: 6
Spore width: 3.5
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: 1 raised
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: 4.852
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 8 tan - light brown
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap cross section: 5 straight
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 2 wavy or lobed
Stipe shape: 5 rooting
Stipe core: 1 solid
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: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 5
Stipe length: 40
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 mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: No
Gills waxy feel: Yes
Gills anastomosing: No
Gills forked: Yes
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 2 fibrilose - hairy
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
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: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
cystidia: yes
clamp connections: none
cap cuticle type: N/A
trama type: N/A
