This species was found at Capilano Park in North Vancouver, BC.
Latitude
N 49° 21’
Longitude
W 123° 6
Altitude
90 m
Date
21/10/2006 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
EF530934
Morphological Description
Collector
Jordan Keller
Number
JKeller1
Other Collectors
Determined by
J. Keller
Host Substratum
soil
Notes
The cap was slightly sticky when moist. The stalk was central and thick, the thickest park being the base, and white colour that bruised slightly pink at first and then darkened into brown. The cap was tan in the centre and had a 1 cm ring around the edge that was gold. The cap had a slight indentation at the top. The gills had a very slight peppery taste. When immature the cap came almost to the ground with very little of the stalk visible. The stalk was still white while the cap was a light tan with no gold ring. Spores white, maybe slightly yellow. They were amyloid and had spikes covering along with a plage. Basidia each with 4 spores.
Habitat
On ground next to a hemlock tree, in thick plant litter, very moist.
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: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Secondary color top surface: 4 yellow/gold
Spore print color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 1 white
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 1 acrid/peppery
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: 8 tan - light brown
Cap stain color: 11 dark brown
Cap width: 7
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap flesh color: 1 white
Cap flesh stain color: 11 dark brown
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 1 bulbous
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: 1 white
Stipe flesh stain color: 11 dark brown
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe stain color: 11 dark brown
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 23
Stipe length: 70
Gill attachment: 5 free
Hymenium stain color: 11 dark brown
Gills break from cap: Yes
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 5 none
Ring location on stalk: 5 none
Ring number: 3 none
Reaction Melzer's color: 13 blue
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
cystidia: present
