Capilano River Regional Park
4500 Capilano Park Rd,
North Vancouver, BC
V7R 4L3, Canada
Latitude
N 49° 20'
Longitude
W 123° 6'
Altitude
~100 m
Date
20/10/2012 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
KC581306
Morphological Description
Collector
Henry Lee
Number
HLee24
Other Collectors
Anna M
Determined by
Henry Lee
Host Substratum
soil
Notes
Four different stems are emerged into a larger base stem. There are three caps within this branching mushroom. The two caps were similar in sizes; around 4 cm wide, both are convex and each of them is connected to different stipes. The single large cap is around 10 cm wide and it has flat to slightly depressed shape. The cap is connected to two different stipes. The cap is glutinous and moist texture and it is mostly white and pale brown. The gills are pale gray, waxy and the average length of the gills is about 1-2 cm . These are attached in decurrent formation and the gills are equally aligned vertically. The stems are bent and are irregular in shape. The stipe is white on the top region but it is pale yellow near the bottom of the stem. The stem and the stipes are smooth, slimy and moist but not as slimy as the caps. The height is around 10 cm from the bottom of the base to the cap and the width is around 1-1.5 cm.
Habitat
It was found on the soil near a coniferous tree roots which were covered in moss.
Nearby environment is full of ground plants and 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: 3 compact clumps
Color of top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Secondary color top surface: 4 yellow/gold
Spore print color: 2 light gray
Hymenium color when young: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when mature: 2 light gray
Spore length: 12.5
Spore width: 5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
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: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 10
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 8 tan - light brown
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap cross section: 3 incurved
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 7 marginate
Stipe core: 1 solid
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: 1 white
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: 2
Stipe length: 10
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: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills waxy feel: Yes
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
Latex color: 1 white
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: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 1 smooth
