Capilano River Park near Fish Hatcheries,
4500 Capilano Rd.,
North Vancouver
Latitude
N 49 21.47'
Longitude
W 123 06.79'
Altitude
<100 M
Date
22/10/2011 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Collector
Kimberly Chen
Number
2
Other Collectors
Determined by
J.Dee
Host Substratum
Notes
Does not appear to "bleed" as a M. haematopus should. Also, gill edge is pigmented a dark color under the dissecting microscope. M. haematopus does not have pigmented gills edges. I cannot tell what color the edges are because they were only observed on the dried specimen.
Habitat
By itself on a decaying small stumps
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: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Spore print color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 6 pink or salmon
Spore length: 6
Spore width: 6
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 color with age: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 3
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 1 white
Cap flesh stain color: 6 pink or salmon
Flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Cap cross section: 5 straight
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
Cap edge: 2 wavy or lobed
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 2 hollow
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Stipe flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Stipe flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe flesh stain color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe surface texture: 9 hairy
Stipe width: 1
Stipe length: 85
Gill attachment: 2 adnexed
Hymenium stain color: 6 pink or salmon
Partial veil type: 5 none
Reaction Melzer's color: 13 blue
Spore shape: 2 cylindrical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
cystidia: club like
trama type: parallel
