Capilano River Regional Park, 3735 Capilano Road, North Vancouver
Latitude
49° 21.38 N
Longitude
123° 06.74 W
Altitude
100 m
Date
27/10/2007 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
EU486445
Morphological Description
Collector
Virginia Woloshen
Number
vw271007
Other Collectors
Angela Macdonald, Martha Ignaszewski
Determined by
Virginia Woloshen
Host Substratum
Notes
Habitat
On the ground at the base of conifer trees, usually surrounded by a bed of moss.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Virginia Woloshen
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
1 conical/bell shape
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: 7 red
Spore print color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Hymenium color when young: 7 red
Hymenium color when mature: 7 red
Spore length: 10
Spore width: 5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 7 other
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 1 conical/bell shape
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 7 red
Cap width: 3050
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 7 red
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Stipe flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 7 red
Stipe primary color: 7 red
Stipe width: 37
Stipe length: 510
Gill attachment: 6 notched
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Gills break from cap: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills waxy feel: No
Gills forked: No
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 1 cobwebby
Ring location on stalk: 5 none
Ring number: 3 none
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
clamp connections: throughout fruiting body
