Capilano River Regional Park
4500 Capilano Park Road
North Vancouver, BC
V7R 4L3
Latitude
49° 21’ N
Longitude
123° 7' W
Altitude
90 m
Date
23/10/2010 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
KC581344
Morphological Description
Collector
Matt Robinson
Number
MR-9
Other Collectors
Determined by
Matt Robinson
Host Substratum
Notes
Only two small specimens were found, growing as a pair.
Habitat
Found growing on a steep hillside in close proximity to several mature western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla). Growing in mineral soil.
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: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Secondary color top surface: 12 greenish
Spore print color: 8 tan - light brown
Hymenium color when mature: 8 tan - light brown
Spore length: 10
Spore width: 3.75
Smell: 4 unpleasant
Taste: 7 other
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 1 conical/bell shape
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap stain color: 7 red
Cap width: 21
Cap surface texture: 4 hairy, include velvety
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: Yes
Cap flesh color: 2 light gray
Cap flesh stain color: 7 red
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 1 solid
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: 1 white
Stipe flesh stain color: 7 red
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 12 greenish
Stipe stain color: 7 red
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: 5
Stipe length: 100
Gill attachment: 2 adnexed
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 7 red
Gills break from cap: Yes
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills secede from stalk: Yes
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: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
cystidia: yes
clamp connections: no
