Capilano River Regional Park,
North Vancouver, British Columbia
Latitude
49.350849°N
Longitude
123.113219°W
Altitude
Date
24/10/2009 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
hm240541
Morphological Description
Collector
Chelaine Fan
Number
cf07
Other Collectors
Jin Lee, Emily Chang
Determined by
Chelaine Fan
Host Substratum
Notes
Very similar to Russula brevipes, but entire specimen is smaller.
Habitat
Partially buried and covered by soil (humus) with only caps exposed.
Found near coniferous trees.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
2 funnel
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 3 compact clumps
Color of top surface: 1 white
Secondary color top surface: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when mature: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore length: 6.4
Spore width: 4.8
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 1 acrid/peppery
Flesh hardness: 3 hard, potato-like
Cap shape when mature: 2 funnel
Cap shape in center: 3 depressed
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 3 pale yellow or cream
Cap width: 26
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 1 white
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 4 brittle or crumbly
Cap cross section: 3 incurved
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 1 solid
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 3 hard, potato-like
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 primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: .717
Stipe length: 12
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Gills break from cap: No
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 5 none
Ring location on stalk: 5 none
Latex color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Melzer's color: 8 tan - light brown
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
cystidia: 50X6.25microns
