Capilano River Regional Park, 4500 Capilano Park Rd., North Vancouver, B.C. V7R 4L3
Latitude
N 49° 21’ 21”
Longitude
W 123° 6’ 43
Altitude
Date
25/10/2008 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
FJ627030
Morphological Description
Collector
Christina Chen
Number
cchen5
Other Collectors
Jennifer Long
Determined by
Christina Chen
Host Substratum
Soil
Notes
Habitat
The fungi was found growing on a slope, on compact, moist soil. Fungi was found growing near the roots of a coniferous tree. There were other coniferous trees nearby.
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: 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
Hymenium color when young: 8 tan - light brown
Hymenium color when mature: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore length: 10.5
Spore width: 7
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 1 conical/bell shape
Cap shape in center: 2 even or flat
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 11 dark brown
Cap stain color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Cap width: 2
Cap surface texture: 1 scales of any kind
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 8 tan - light brown
Cap flesh stain color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 1 solid
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: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe secondary color: 12 greenish
Stipe surface texture: 7 other scales
Stipe width: 3
Stipe length: 4060
Gill attachment: 2 adnexed
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Gills break from cap: No
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: No
Gills waxy feel: Yes
Gills anastomosing: Yes
Gills forked: Yes
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
Reaction ammonia color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Fe. Sul. color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Melzer's color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
cystidia: cheilocystidia
clamp connections: none
