Capilano River Regional park, Capilano Fish Hatcheries, 4500 Capilano Rd., North Vancouver
Latitude
N 49° 21’
Longitude
W 123° 6’
Altitude
100m
Date
21/10/2006 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
EF530941
Morphological Description
Collector
Tajinder Sidhu
Number
TSidhu1
Other Collectors
Gavin Tran, Kevin Makela
Determined by
Tajinder Sidhu
Host Substratum
Notes
Habitat
This specimen was found under a Douglas Fir tree. It was growing amongst moss.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
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: 6 pink or salmon
Secondary color top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Spore print color: 15 black or dark gray
Hymenium color when young: 6 pink or salmon
Hymenium color when mature: 6 pink or salmon
Spore length: 14.5
Spore width: 8
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Cap shape when mature: 1 conical/bell shape
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 6 pink or salmon
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 5
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 hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 6 pink or salmon
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Cap cross section: 3 incurved
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
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: 2 irregular tear
Stipe flesh color: 1 white
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 4 yellow/gold
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 2
Stipe length: 77
Gill attachment: 3 decurrent
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: No
Ring type: 3 slimy
Partial veil type: 3 glutinous
Ring location on stalk: 1 upper stalk
Ring number: 1 single
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
