Capilano River Regional Park, North Vancouver; This specimen was found close to the path, roughly 30m from the parking lot next to the information center.
Latitude
49° 21’ N
Longitude
123° 6’ W
Altitude
60m
Date
22/10/2011 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Collector
Monica Cella
Number
Basidio-1 Large Red Lobster
Other Collectors
N/A
Determined by
Monica Cella
Host Substratum
Rotting wood.
Notes
Found growing alone on rotting wood. Stalk-less (sessile). Pileipellis can't be removed from pore tissue by hand. Cells are hyphal, trimitic: generative, binding and skeletal hyphae.Very large specimen, but surprisingly light weight for its size. When first picked, it has a deep red colour with brown undertones. After several hours of being picked, a strange light brown colour appears on the top of the mushroom; these are the light brown spores of the mushroom that begin to be dispersed into the air. Gray/light brown pored underside of mushroom is stained dark brown/red when scratched. As seen in the accompanying photos, you can even write and draw on them!
Habitat
On a large, rotting conifer (most likely a Douglas Fir) tree trunk that had fallen. Growing on the side of the trunk roughly 2-3m above the ground. Tree trunk had other small fungi and lots of lichen and moss growing on it as well.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
5 globular
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
pored wood decay fungus
morphology summary
Material collected: pored wood decay fungus
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Secondary color top surface: 7 red
Spore print color: 8 tan - light brown
Hymenium color when young: 8 tan - light brown
Hymenium color when mature: 8 tan - light brown
Spore length: 1214
Spore width: 79
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 4 very hard, woody
Cap shape when mature: 5 globular
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap shape from above: 2 irregular
Cap color with age: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 16
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 8 tan - light brown
Cap flesh stain color: 11 dark brown
Flesh toughness: 4 very tough - very difficult to tear by hand
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
Cap edge: 2 wavy or lobed
Hymenium stain color: 11 dark brown
Latex color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Latex stain 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: No
clamp connections: Yes
