Top of slope above Upper Shinglebolt Trail, Capilano Park, North Vancouver
Latitude
49° 21'37” N.
Longitude
123° 6' 47” W.
Altitude
180 m
Date
24/10/2009 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
hm240517
Morphological Description
Collector
Samuel Robinson
Number
sr241009-7
Other Collectors
Tyler Levik
Determined by
Samuel Robinson
Host Substratum
Unknown
Notes
Original ID Amanita gemmata. Older specimen? Cap has turned up at edges.
Habitat
Second-growth Western Red Cedar and Western Hemlock dominated stand. Present at ground level in organic layer of soil.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
3 convex to plane
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 3 pale yellow or cream
Secondary color top surface: 1 white
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 1 white
Spore length: 9.125
Spore width: 6.125
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 2 even or flat
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 1 white
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 8
Cap surface texture: 1 scales of any kind
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: Yes
Cap flesh color: 1 white
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Cap cross section: 1 upturned
Cap margin surface: 2 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: 1 white
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe surface texture: 7 other scales
Stipe width: 2
Stipe length: 135
Gill attachment: 5 free
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: No
Gills anastomosing: No
Gills forked: No
Ring type: 1 skirt-like
Partial veil type: 4 membranous
Ring location on stalk: 2 middle stalk
Ring number: 1 single
Ring color: 8 tan - light brown
Volva type: 5 sheath-like
Volva color: 1 white
Latex color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Latex stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
cystidia: None
trama type: Divergent
