Vancouver, Capilano River Regional Park. The specimen was found just off the trail on a needle bed.
Latitude
49°21’21
Longitude
123°06’35
Altitude
Date
01/12/2008 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
FJ627033
Morphological Description
Collector
Sara Tebbutt
Number
35298
Other Collectors
Shannon Beers
Determined by
Sara Tebbutt
Host Substratum
Notes
Habitat
Needle bed in forest, near river.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
4 cylindrical
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 3 compact clumps
Color of top surface: 11 dark brown
Secondary color top surface: 2 light gray
Hymenium color when young: 2 light gray
Hymenium color when mature: 15 black or dark gray
Spore length: 78
Spore width: 57
Smell: 2 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Cap shape when mature: 4 cylindrical
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 width: 26
Cap surface texture: 5 groove or streaked
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap stalk easily part: No
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 2 hollow
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Stipe flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe primary color: 2 light gray
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 13
Stipe length: 13
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Reaction Melzer's color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
clamp connections: present
