This mushroom was found approximately 5m Southeast from where the Second Canyon Viewpoint trail meets with the Giant Fir Trail in Capilano River Regional Park. This park is in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Latitude
N 49°21’26.4
Longitude
W 123°06’43.27
Altitude
97m
Date
24/10/2009 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
hm240540
Morphological Description
Collector
Darah Gibson
Number
DG102405
Other Collectors
Matan Berson and Mary Berbee
Determined by
Darah Gibson
Host Substratum
Notes
Habitat
This Mushroom was found growing in a forested area that receives a great deal of precipitation. This forest is dominated by Douglas Fir, Western Red Cedar and Western Hemlock. The mushroom was growing on a decaying tree on the forest floor in an area that was not densely forested. There was also a moss growing on the decaying log.
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: 2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Color of top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Secondary color top surface: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore print color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Hymenium color when young: 8 tan - light brown
Hymenium color when mature: 11 dark brown
Spore length: 4.94
Spore width: 3.44
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: 8 tan - light brown
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 2050
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: Yes
Cap flesh color: 8 tan - light brown
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap cross section: 5 straight
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
Cap edge: 4 veil remnants
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 2 hollow
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: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe secondary color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: 58
Stipe length: 1075
Gill attachment: 6 notched
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap: No
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: No
Gills waxy feel: Yes
Gills anastomosing: No
Gills forked: No
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 2 fibrilose - hairy
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: 1 bean shaped
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
cystidia: Pleuro and Cheilo
clamp connections: none seen
