Capilano River Region Park near the Salmon Hatchery, Vancouver.
Latitude
49 21'N
Longitude
123 06'W
Altitude
90
Date
22/10/2011 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Collector
Ran He
Number
1
Other Collectors
Determined by
Ran He
Host Substratum
soil
Notes
Habitat
Scattered or in small groups in woods under hemlock and cedar 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: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 4 yellow/gold
Secondary color top surface: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore print color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 1 white
Spore length: 8
Spore width: 7
Smell: 4 unpleasant
Taste: 1 acrid/peppery
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 2 even or flat
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 3 pale yellow or cream
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 35
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 1 white
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Flesh fracture: 4 brittle or crumbly
Cap cross section: 2 recurved
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 2 clavate
Stipe core: 1 solid
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 3 hard, potato-like
Stipe flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Stipe flesh fracture: 4 brittle or crumbly
Stipe flesh color: 1 white
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 2 light gray
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 12
Stipe length: 35
Gill attachment: 5 free
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap: No
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: Yes
Gills waxy feel: No
Gills anastomosing: 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: 13 blue
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
