"Capilano Regional Regional Park in Norther Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The group of mushrooms were found across the park bridge (beside the parking lot of the fish hatchery), on the right-hand side path and on the left side of the path running along the river, close to the path."
Latitude
49° 21’ N
Longitude
123° 6’ W
Altitude
90 m
Date
23/10/2010 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
KC581333
Morphological Description
Collector
Francesca Salas
Number
fsalas1
Other Collectors
Determined by
Francesca Salas
Host Substratum
moist soil with fallen tree needles, and rotting wood
Notes
No obvious balloon-shaped cheilocystidia or serrulate gill edges. -MB
Habitat
A dense forest with many coniferous trees. The specimens were growing on soil with fallen tree needles, and rotting wood. The area was moist/damp.
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: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Spore print color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Hymenium color when young: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Hymenium color when mature: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Spore length: 7.3
Spore width: 4.4
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 7 other
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 stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 15
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap flesh color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Cap flesh stain color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Cap cross section: 2 recurved
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe width: 3
Stipe length: 35
Gill attachment: 5 free
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap: Yes
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
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: 7 red
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
cystidia: none
trama type: parallel
