Capilano River Regional Park, Second canyon trail, off west side. North Vancouver.
Latitude
49.3567
Longitude
-123.1116
Altitude
83.77
Date
26/10/2013 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
KJ146729
Morphological Description
Collector
Vicky Yu
Number
VYu7
Other Collectors
Gavin Gurpreet Gill
Determined by
Melanie Overhill
Host Substratum
Soil
Notes
Habitat
amongst dead tree trunks, sparse sunlight, medium canopy. Found growing on leaf litter (not on wood)
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
2 funnel
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 3 pale yellow or cream
Secondary color top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when mature: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore length: 10.375
Spore width: 7.5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 1 acrid/peppery
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 2 funnel
Cap shape in center: 3 depressed
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 3 pale yellow or cream
Cap stain color: 8 tan - light brown
Cap width: 7.7
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 2 sticky or slimy when dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 1 white
Cap flesh stain color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap cross section: 1 upturned
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 3 scalloped
Stipe shape: 3 equal
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: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe stain color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 11
Stipe length: 63.5
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Gills break from cap: 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 Melzer's color: 13 blue
Spore shape: 6 circular
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
cystidia: Dermatocystidia present
