Off the trail that leads to the wooden bridge that crosses the river.
Capilano River Regional Park -3735 Capilano tRoad,North Vancouver, BC V7R 4J1, Canada.
Latitude
N 49° 21’
Longitude
W 123° 6’
Altitude
90 m
Date
21/10/2006 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
EF530930
Morphological Description
Collector
Michael Kuo
Number
MKuo01
Other Collectors
Christal Nieman
Determined by
Michael Kuo
Host Substratum
Dead Hemlock
Notes
This species is repeatedly collected by student in Biol 323. It does not fit perfectly with available species descriptions.
Only 3 pieces of sample was able to be collected. In which one of them seemed younger than the other two, displayed a more greyish color as compared to the purpleish brown in the older sample. The red marking at the cap of one mushroom might resemble bruising, or could just be normal color in which the fungus is maturing into.
Habitat
Deep woods, heavy shaded. Moist environment and mushroom is located on a dead stump that might have been a hemlock.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Michael Kuo and Matt Denis
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
1 conical/bell shape
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 2 light gray
Secondary color top surface: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Spore length: 7.5
Spore width: 5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 1 conical/bell shape
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap shape from above: 2 irregular
Cap color with age: 2 light gray
Cap stain color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Cap width: 40
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 2 light gray
Cap flesh stain color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 4 brittle or crumbly
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
Cap edge: 2 wavy or lobed
Stipe shape: 3 equal
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: 4 brittle or crumbly
Stipe flesh color: 2 light gray
Stipe flesh stain color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Stipe primary color: 2 light gray
Stipe secondary color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 4
Stipe length: 70
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Gills break from cap: No
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: Yes
Gills secede from stalk: No
Gills waxy feel: No
Gills anastomosing: No
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 color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Latex stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Melzer's color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
