Capilano Regional Park at 4500 Capilano Road, North Vancouver, BC Canada V7R 4L3. More specifically. this bright orange fungus was found just east of the Capilano Pacific Trail growing gregariously in the crevasses of a dead tree log.
Latitude
N 49° 21’
Longitude
W 123° 6’
Altitude
90 m
Date
21/10/2006 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
EF530932
Morphological Description
Collector
Selina Siu
Number
SSiu181
Other Collectors
Vivian Chu, Simren
Determined by
Selina Siu
Host Substratum
wood
Notes
Habitat
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: 4 yellow/gold
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when mature: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore length: 10
Spore width: 5
Smell: 2 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: 5 orange
Cap width: .512
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 5 orange
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe primary color: 4 yellow/gold
Stipe secondary color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Reaction Melzer's color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
