Giant Fir Trail in Capilano River Regional Park, North Vancouver, British Columbia
Latitude
49°21'22.91"N
Longitude
123°6'35.55"W
Altitude
100 m
Date
26/10/2013 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
KJ146705
Morphological Description
Collector
Vicky Yu
Number
VY5
Other Collectors
Gurpreet Gavan Gill
Determined by
Vicky Yu
Host Substratum
Soil on Forest Floor
Notes
A small mushroom with a papillate cap (with dark brown nipple). Stipe near the apex is a pale purple-grey colour. Has a maroon ring and stipe is stained the same colour from the ring down to its base. The diameter of the cap ranges from 1 to 2.5 cm. The depth of the cap ranges from 1.5 to 2 cm. The length of the stipe from where it attaches to the cap is 3.5 to 6 cm. The apex is 0.5 cm thick. The base of the stipe is about 1 cm thick.
Habitat
Specimen was found in the soil next to a fallen tree. There was moss growing near the specimen. Above it was a dense canopy, which allowed little to no sunlight through. Forest litter, such as broken branches, conifer needles and cones, and dead leaves surrounded the fungus. This fungus can be connate (fused at the base of fruiting bodies of the members of the same species).
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: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore print color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Hymenium color when young: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Hymenium color when mature: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Spore length: 10
Spore width: 5
Smell: 2 mild/none
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: 11 dark brown
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 2
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 8 tan - light brown
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: 1 upturned
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 4 veil remnants
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: 2 irregular tear
Stipe flesh color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Stipe secondary color: 6 pink or salmon
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 1
Stipe length: 60
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap: No
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: No
Gills waxy feel: No
Gills anastomosing: No
Gills forked: No
Ring type: 2 sheath or collar-like
Partial veil type: 1 cobwebby
Ring location on stalk: 2 middle stalk
Ring number: 1 single
Ring color: 6 pink or salmon
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
