Second Canyon View Point Trail in Capilano River Regional Park, North Vancouver
Latitude
49°21’19N
Longitude
123°06’40W
Altitude
60m
Date
24/10/2009 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
hm240536
Morphological Description
Collector
Matan A. Berson
Number
MB022405
Other Collectors
Darah A.K.L. Gibson
Determined by
Matan A. Berson
Host Substratum
Notes
Fungus left most and largest in picture 'PICT0115' is not a Mycena rubromarginata
Habitat
Growing in a forested environment with Douglas fir, Western red cedar, and western hemlock. The fungus was growing on a branch, which was covered with moss.
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: 6 pink or salmon
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Hymenium color when mature: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Spore length: 1213
Spore width: 69
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: 6 pink or salmon
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 415
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: Yes
Cap flesh color: 6 pink or salmon
Cap flesh stain color: 6 pink or salmon
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Cap cross section: 3 incurved
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 3 scalloped
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 2 hollow
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Stipe flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
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: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 1.5
Stipe length: 257
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap: Yes
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: No
Gills waxy feel: No
Gills anastomosing: 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: 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: 13 blue
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
cystidia: Chielocystidia
clamp connections: None observed
