Capilano River Regional Park on the north side of the Palisades Trail
Latitude
49° 21' N
Longitude
123° 6 'W
Altitude
90 M
Date
20/10/2012 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
KC581298
Morphological Description
Collector
Leah Chao
Number
LC10202012-12
Other Collectors
Determined by
Cassandra Jensen
Host Substratum
Forest ground (small pieces of decaying wood and earth)
Notes
Cap of older speciments were depressed, and viscid when wet. When fresh, the mushroom was a darker tan around the edgs, and a lighter tan in the center. Young speciments were not viscid when wet, and were uniformly a medium tan colour. Mild fish odour only present in mature specimens. Taste was mild and peppery, but only kicked in approximately 20 seconds after tasting. Gills and stalk were white, but bruised brown with handling and drying. Spore print was not successful and did not produce any spores. However, the slide produced some spores which stained with Meltzer's reagent. spores were approx 10 micro meters in length and width with single warts. Some cystidia were cyldindrially shaped, and others were more rounded at the top. Gill trama arrangement was irregular, and no cheilocystidia were observed. A young mushroom had a cap 4.5cm in width, and a stalk 3.5cm in length
Habitat
This mushroom was found on the forest ground on dirt and small pieces of decaying wood . Nearby were trees, (perhaps hemlock)
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: 2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Color of top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Secondary color top surface: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Spore print color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 1 white
Spore length: 10
Spore width: 10
Smell: 4 unpleasant
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: 8 tan - light brown
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 4.5
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 1 white
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 4 brittle or crumbly
Cap cross section: 3 incurved
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
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: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 2 light gray
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 2
Stipe length: 35
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
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: 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
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: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 6 circular
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
cystidia: cylindrical
clamp connections: did not observe
cap cuticle type: brownish
trama type: irregular
