Along Capilano Pacific Trail, Capilano River Regional Park, North Vancouver
Latitude
49.356
Longitude
-123.114
Altitude
129 m
Date
26/10/2013 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
KJ146716
Morphological Description
Collector
Clark Buchanan
Number
CBuchanan13
Other Collectors
Erik Toren
Determined by
Emily Betz
Host Substratum
leaf covered soil
Notes
Unusual, umpleasant odour of wet dog (Cripps 1997). Spore range - length: 8-13 micrometres, width: 3-5 micrometres. Cystidia range - length: 38-63 micrometres, width (at neck): 5-8 micrometres, width (at base): 8-15 micrometres. The identifier was not one of the collectors. Therefore, the latitude and longitude for the specimen collecting site are approximate.
Habitat
Growing on forest floor(soil). Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)trees nearby.
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: 2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Color of top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Secondary color top surface: 1 white
Spore print color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 8 tan - light brown
Spore length: 9
Spore width: 4
Smell: 4 unpleasant
Taste: 1 acrid/peppery
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 1 conical/bell shape
Cap shape in center: 2 even or flat
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: 25
Cap surface texture: 1 scales of any kind
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap cross section: 5 straight
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 2 clavate
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: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe stain color: 6 pink or salmon
Stipe surface texture: 6 tuft-like scales
Stipe width: 5
Stipe length: 70
Gill attachment: 2 adnexed
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 8 tan - light brown
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: 1 cobwebby
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: 1 smooth
cystidia: present
clamp connections: present
cap cuticle type: cutis
