"Capilano River Regional Park in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Second Canyon Viewpoint Trail "
Latitude
49° 21’ N
Longitude
123° 6’ W
Altitude
70 m
Date
23/10/2010 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
KC581347
Morphological Description
Collector
Perdita Wito
Number
LMP10
Other Collectors
Liam Harrap, Monica Wong
Determined by
Perdita Wito
Host Substratum
Soil
Notes
The colour of the specimen is lilac-grey with varying depths on different areas of the specimen. The cap is smooth and dry. It is also umbonate. The cap is bell-shaped in young individuals but becomes more convex/planar with age. The stem is slim and breaks with a snap. The flesh is soft. The odour is earthy/spermatic.
Habitat
Gregariously growing on moist soil amongst forest litter and moss. The area is surrounded by coniferous trees.
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: 2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Color of top surface: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Secondary color top surface: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Hymenium color when mature: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Spore length: 7.5
Spore width: 2.5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 2.5
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: Yes
Cap flesh color: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh color: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe width: 30
Stipe length: 50
Gill attachment: 6 notched
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 5 none
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
