Capilano River Regional Park within a 500 meter radius around the salmon hatchery (Vancouver, BC, Canada, 16.3428 degree N, 123.1121 degree W). The fungi was growing singly (solitary) in an open area on soil containing decaying trees and leaves by a conifer tree
Latitude
49.3428 N
Longitude
123.1121 W
Altitude
90 M
Date
20/10/2012 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
KC581314
Morphological Description
Collector
Matthew Wong
Number
MW10212012
Other Collectors
Alison Fung and Mackie Watt
Determined by
Matthew Wong
Host Substratum
Notes
After processing the corrected DNA sequence into BLAST, the fungus was identified to be Russula nigricans. The macroscopic properties of this fungi was very similar to that of R. Dissumulans and R. Densifolia. (ie texture, taste, flat pileus with deoressed centre, size dimensions, and color changing from red to black when bruised).
Habitat
Growing in soil containing decomposing leaves and trees. Growing alone in solitary in dark damp soil under large conifer trees.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Spore length: 12.5
Spore width: 11.5
Smell: 4 unpleasant
Taste: 2 bitter
Cap width: 5
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap flesh stain color: 7 red
Flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Stipe flesh color: 7 red
Stipe width: 2.2
Stipe length: 35
