Just south of Capilano Salmon Hatchery, North Vancouver.
Latitude
49.35
Longitude
-123.11
Altitude
230 ft.
Date
26/10/2013 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
KJ146715
Morphological Description
Collector
Sophia Zhang
Number
7
Other Collectors
Ella Mundy, Elizabeth Brow
Determined by
Ella Mundy
Host Substratum
Soil
Notes
Mushrooms growing in soil. Mature mushroom: brown spores, average spore width: 5.6µm length: 10.4µm. Cap width: 1-2 cm. Stem width: 3mm. Gray-brown with slight purple tint, especially in younger individuals. Fibrillose stem. Adnate to adnexed gills. Partial veil present in young individuals.
Habitat
Growing on the ground. Scattered among moss underneath coniferous and deciduous trees.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
1 conical/bell shape
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Secondary color top surface: 2 light gray
Spore print color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Hymenium color when young: 6 pink or salmon
Hymenium color when mature: 8 tan - light brown
Spore length: 10
Spore width: 6
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 6 sour
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 1 conical/bell shape
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 8 tan - light brown
Cap width: 56
Cap surface texture: 1 scales of any kind
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap flesh color: 8 tan - light brown
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Cap cross section: 3 incurved
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe primary color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe secondary color: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: 3
Stipe length: 50
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Gills waxy feel: No
Gills anastomosing: No
Gills forked: No
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 1 cobwebby
Ring location on stalk: 5 none
Ring number: 3 none
Volva type: 6 none
Reaction Melzer's color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
cystidia: yes
