To left of Lily-of-the-Valley Trail, approximately 15 metres from the entrance at 13th and Blanca. In Pacific Spirit Park, Vancouver.
Latitude
49 15 40.52
Longitude
123 12 57.11
Altitude
14
Date
17/10/2009 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
hm240534
Morphological Description
Collector
Katherine East
Number
ke091017
Other Collectors
Determined by
Katherine East
Host Substratum
Notes
Notes on macroscopic characters:Cap:• between conic and campanulate, slightly umbonate• texture surface ribbed• gray with brown tones, darker at tip, fades at edge of cap• gills visible through cap• rugulose, cap margin slightly sulcate to plicate, edge of gills visible• 1-2 cm in diameter, 0.5 – 1.2 cm tallGills:• attachment decurrent• white• subdistant spacing• edges are even (entire)• unequal broad gills, average thicknessStem:• same colour as cap apex, fades to light grey-brown at base• centered, smooth, terete stem• radicating at base• hollow, innermost mycelium white, outermost gray brown• breaks with a snap• 5-7 cm long, 2-0.5 mm wide. No veilNo distinctive smellWhite spore printWhite fluid discharged from break at base of stipeNotes on microscopic characters:Spores are ellipsoid and smooth. When treated with Melzer’s reagent, the spores are outlined in blue, showing them to be slightly amylose. Gill trama is not amylose. Trama is made of large ovoid cells. Pleurocystidia are large, 70-90 µm by 10-13µm and prevalent. They are smooth and hyaline.
Habitat
On forest detritus under Red Alder (Alnus rubra) tree
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: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Secondary color top surface: 2 light gray
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Spore length: 9
Spore width: 5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 1 conical/bell shape
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Cap width: 2
Cap surface texture: 3 rough, wrinkled, cracked, warts
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap flesh color: 2 light gray
Flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Cap cross section: 5 straight
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 5 rooting
Stipe core: 2 hollow
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: 2 irregular tear
Stipe flesh color: 2 light gray
Stipe primary color: 2 light gray
Stipe secondary color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Stipe width: 1
Stipe length: 6
Gill attachment: 3 decurrent
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Gills break from cap: 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
Latex color: 1 white
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
cystidia: 80
clamp connections: yes
