4500 Capilano Park Road
North Vancouver, BC
V7R 4L3, Canada
Latitude
49.35
Longitude
123.11
Altitude
100 m
Date
20/10/2012 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
KC581323
Morphological Description
Collector
Sofia Koskinen-Zuckernick
Number
SKZ002
Other Collectors
Helene Rutishauser and Russell
Determined by
Sofia Koskinen-Zuckernick
Host Substratum
Notes
Habitat
In forest, growing on moss, surrounded by lots of undergrowth (e.g. ferns, fallen leaves, cones, etc), growing on gently sloped ground
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: 3 pale yellow or cream
Secondary color top surface: 6 pink or salmon
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 1 white
Spore length: 10
Spore width: 7.5
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: 30
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 2 sticky or slimy when 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: 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 margin surface: 2 smooth
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: 1 white
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 11
Stipe length: 35
Gill attachment: 2 adnexed
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: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
cystidia: tubular
cap cuticle type: irregular
