North Vancouver;Capilano River Regional Park
About 15 meters to the right off of the Upper Shinglebolt trail (trail #1)just past the it's merging with the Capilano Pacific Trail (trail #2)heading south
Latitude
49° 21N
Longitude
123° 06W
Altitude
182 m
Date
22/11/2012 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
KC581316
Morphological Description
Collector
Olena Volyanyuk
Number
0416199101
Other Collectors
Gilbert Tse, Sukhdeep Rattan, Henry Lee
Determined by
Olena Volyanyuk
Host Substratum
decaying plant material/soil
Notes
Species also suspected to be Russula fragilis (Pers.Fr.)or Russula gracilis Burl. based off of physical appearance (color and size) but they were found in eastern North America whereas Russula emetica was previously found and identified in BC. Also DNA results suggested it to be Russula emetica.
Habitat
Old coniferous forest (trees very large), in a spacious area (no undergrowth surrounding trees), solitary
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: 6 pink or salmon
Secondary color top surface: 5 orange
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore length: 6
Spore width: 4
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: 4 yellow/gold
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 4
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: 1 white
Cap flesh stain color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Flesh fracture: 4 brittle or crumbly
Cap cross section: 1 upturned
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 2 clavate
Stipe core: 3 pithy
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: 1 white
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 1 white
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: 5
Stipe length: 35
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Gills break from cap: Yes
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
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
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: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 6 circular
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
