Area in proximity of Giant fir trail - Capilano River Regional Park
Capilano Park Road
North Vancouver District, BC
V7R 4L2
Latitude
49.323774
Longitude
-123.131515
Altitude
117 m above sea level
Date
26/10/2013 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
KJ146701
Morphological Description
Collector
Oscar David Rodriguez
Number
ORodr2013.1
Other Collectors
Jason Lussier, Priyashni Goundar, Elaine Cheng
Determined by
Elaine Cheng
Host Substratum
Soil litter
Notes
Coral fruiting body, contain no cap, no gill, no stipe, no veil. Fruiting body are small club/ finger-like projection, elongating 3-4 cm tall and 2-3 mm thick with pointy or blunt end. Fruiting body colour range from orange to shades of yellow. The extreme base is white. As the fruiting body decays, tip starts turning brown. Fruiting bodies are un-branched, though some are twisted. Surface of the fruiting body is smooth to touch and hard in toughness. Fruiting body flesh shreds like fiber when ripped length wise. Flesh turns yellowish green when reacted with 3% KOH. Spores shape range from smooth to knobby ellipse.
Habitat
Specimen found in the litter layer of organic matter under closed canopy forest by Giant fir trail. Coastal Western Hemlock trees were present in surrounding habitat.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
coral
morphology summary
Material collected: coral
Habit: 2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Color of top surface: 4 yellow/gold
Secondary color top surface: 5 orange
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 4 yellow/gold
Spore length: 4
Spore width: 3
Smell: 2 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Hymenium stain color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Reaction Melzer's color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction potassium: 12 greenish
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
