Capilano River Regional Park, District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Latitude
49° 21' 3 N
Longitude
123° 6' 39.87" W
Altitude
100 m
Date
27/10/2007 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
EU486452
Morphological Description
Collector
Diego Useche Bohigas
Number
DUB071027
Other Collectors
Determined by
Diego Useche and M. Berbee
Host Substratum
Soil
Notes
Fungus appeared creamy (between white and yellow) in colour.
Universal veil not observed, however, some white "scales" were evident on top of the biggest mushroom cap.
Cap was found to be convex, flat, depressed and syllindrical (at early stage of development). Cap was also a little moist and sticky (slightly). Ranging in size from 1 to 4cm.
Stem: seemed twisted (in some instances) and curved, and measured between 4 to 5cm.
Spores: found to be round (pretty uniform) and the average diameter (among 5 different spores) was found to be 7.5 μm. A white/creamy colour spore print was collected.
Mushroom seemed to have changed to a slight darker shade of Yellow once dried.
Cystidia seemed "ventricose" (swollen base and mid-region) and conspicuous.
Dave Carmean added from previous record:
Had pleasant smell and a rather peppery taste.
Habitat
On the ground. underneath (close to exposed roots) an unidentified tree. ( likely to have been a Douglas Fir tree (not certain). Area seemed to be moist and well protected from the sun light.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Diego Useche Bohigas
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: 3 pale yellow or cream
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: 7.5
Spore width: 7.5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 1 acrid/peppery
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
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: 4 yellow/gold
Cap width: 14
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Stipe flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Stipe flesh color: 1 white
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe length: 45
Gill attachment: 2 adnexed
Gills break from cap: No
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 5 none
Ring location on stalk: 5 none
Spore shape: 6 circular
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
cystidia: mucronate
