Capilano River Regional Park, North Vancouver; Found very close to a small, fast-flowing, downhill creek next to a medium sized conifer tree (most probably a Douglas Fir).
Latitude
49° 21’ N
Longitude
123° 6’ W
Altitude
80m
Date
22/10/2011 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Collector
Monica Cella
Number
Basidio-2 Creekside Red
Other Collectors
N/A
Determined by
Monica Cella
Host Substratum
Soil/detritus.
Notes
Medium sized mushroom. Appeared to be one of few mushrooms that grew next to a creek in a very wet habitat. Has cystidia. Pileipellis has an ixotrichodermic form (hyphae are contained within a slimy or mucosal layer; this gives the specimen a wet, sticky/slimy feel when picked fresh). Decreases in size and shape is deformed when the mushroom is dried (loss of water/mucosal layers within cap/surface tissue). Spores turn blue-ish black when stained with Melzer's reagent (therefore are amyloid). Hyphae are elongated, fibrous cells. In addition to hyphae, relatively large, circular cells can also be seen in the gill trama, stipe and pileipellis called sphaerocytes. Sphaerocytes are unique to both Russula and Lactarius groups, giving these genuses their characteristic brittleness. The cap also appears to be convex when young, gradually morphing into a funnel-shape.
Habitat
Found roughly 20-30cm next to a small, fast-flowing, downhill creek underneath a medium sized conifer tree (most probably a Douglas Fir). This specimen was growing on soil/detritus surrounded by moss and shaded by the conifer tree.
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: 5 orange
Secondary color top surface: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 5 orange
Hymenium color when mature: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Spore length: 78
Spore width: 67
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 1 acrid/peppery
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 3 depressed
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 2.5
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 5 orange
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap cross section: 1 upturned
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 2 wavy or lobed
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 2 hollow
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 5 orange
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 5 orange
Stipe secondary color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: .5
Stipe length: 35
Gill attachment: 3 decurrent
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap: No
Gills deliquescent: Yes
Gills secede from stalk: No
Gills waxy feel: No
Gills anastomosing: No
Gills forked: Yes
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
Latex color: 1 white
Latex stain color: 1 white
Reaction Melzer's color: 13 blue
Reaction potassium: 15 black or dark gray
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
cystidia: Yes
clamp connections: Yes
