Capilano River Regional Park, Capilano Salmon Hatchery
4500 Capilano Park Road
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V7R 4L3
Past the parking lot, across the first bridge, the pathway to the left. Found on slopes on right side almost all the way up the stairs.
Latitude
N 49° 21’
Longitude
W 123° 6’
Altitude
60 m
Date
21/10/2006 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
EF530931
Morphological Description
Collector
Christal Nieman
Number
CNieman2
Other Collectors
Michael Kuo
Determined by
Christal Nieman
Host Substratum
Notes
According to BLAST, the 18S ribosomal RNA region most closely matches that of Cortinarius sordidemaculatus, a species from Finland/Sweden. It also closely resembles C. ionosmus and C. ochrophyllus in terms of characteristics, but not colour. These are also Fennoscandian species, and not found locally until this point.
Habitat
Growing in the ground, on a slope in fallen Western red cedar needles and other decaying debris. Surrounded by hemlock shrubs, and more established Western red cedars in the area.
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: 3 pale yellow or cream
Secondary color top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Spore print color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Hymenium color when young: 8 tan - light brown
Hymenium color when mature: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Spore length: 710
Spore width: 5
Smell: 4 unpleasant
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: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Cap width: 2.53
Cap surface texture: 4 hairy, include velvety
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: Yes
Cap flesh color: 11 dark brown
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Cap cross section: 3 incurved
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 4 veil remnants
Stipe shape: 2 clavate
Stipe core: 3 pithy
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: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe primary color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe secondary color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: .515
Stipe length: 50
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gills break from cap: No
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: No
Gills waxy feel: No
Gills anastomosing: No
Gills forked: No
Partial veil type: 2 fibrilose - hairy
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
