Capilano River Regional Park, 40 meters South East of the main parking lot. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Latitude
49° 21’ N
Longitude
123° 7' W
Altitude
60 m
Date
27/10/2007 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
EU486449
Morphological Description
Collector
Sean Kuling
Number
SMK071027
Other Collectors
Determined by
Sean Kuling
Host Substratum
Soil
Notes
Similar in appearance to Lactarius kauffmanii, but being darker gray to black in colour. Much like Lactarius mucidus, but smaller, more slimy, and more gray in colour.
Habitat
Growing next to fallen log, amongst various conifer species
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Sean Kuling
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
3 convex to plane
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 3 compact clumps
Color of top surface: 2 light gray
Secondary color top surface: 15 black or dark gray
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore length: 8
Spore width: 6
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 1 acrid/peppery
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 3 depressed
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 15 black or dark gray
Cap stain color: 13 blue
Cap width: 3
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 2 sticky or slimy when dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 15 black or dark gray
Cap flesh stain color: 13 blue
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 4 brittle or crumbly
Cap cross section: 2 recurved
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
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: 4 brittle or crumbly
Stipe flesh color: 2 light gray
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 2 light gray
Stipe secondary color: 1 white
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: .512
Stipe length: 4
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Gills break from cap: Yes
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills waxy feel: No
Gills forked: 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: 1 white
Latex stain color: 12 greenish
Reaction Melzer's color: 13 blue
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
cystidia: present
trama type: Sphaericoid
