4500 Capilano Park Road
North Vancouver, BC
V7R 4L3
Latitude
49° 21’ N
Longitude
123° 7' W
Altitude
90 m
Date
27/10/2007 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
EU486438
Morphological Description
Collector
Betty Hsu
Number
bh102707
Other Collectors
Determined by
Betty Hsu
Host Substratum
Notes
Habitat
The specimen was found at the base of a tree trunk, growing in humid soil.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Betty Hsu
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
5 globular
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: 11 dark brown
Spore print color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Spore length: 10
Spore width: 5
Smell: 4 unpleasant
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 5 globular
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap color with age: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Cap width: 2.5
Cap surface texture: 1 scales of any kind
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap flesh color: 8 tan - light 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: 3 equal
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: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe primary color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Stipe secondary color: 12 greenish
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: 5
Stipe length: 85
Gill attachment: 5 free
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Gills break from cap: Yes
Gills mottled face: No
Gills waxy feel: No
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 5 none
Ring location on stalk: 5 none
Ring number: 3 none
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
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
cystidia: yes
