Capilano River Regional Park
3735 Capilano Rd, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
The mushrooms were found along the side of the Giant Fir Trail (near the Viewpoint end).
Latitude
49.34
Longitude
-123.11
Altitude
100 m
Date
26/10/2013 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
KJ146710
Morphological Description
Collector
Priyashni Goundar
Number
PGoundar21
Other Collectors
Elaine Cheng, Oscar Rodriguez, Jason Lussier
Determined by
Priyashni Goundar
Host Substratum
Soil
Notes
Habitat
It was found growing on soil near a stump. The cones that were collected with the mushrooms suggested that the surrounding trees were Western Hemlock.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
3 convex to plane
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
Secondary color top surface: 1 white
Spore print color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Hymenium color when young: 8 tan - light brown
Hymenium color when mature: 8 tan - light brown
Spore length: 11
Spore width: 7
Smell: 6 other
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
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: 3
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap flesh color: 1 white
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: 2 recurved
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: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 1 white
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: 4
Stipe length: 74
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
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: 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: 1 bean shaped
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
cystidia: cheilocystidia
clamp connections: yes
