This fungus was found at the Capilano River Regional Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Coho Loop trail near Fish Hatchery. Approximately twenty paces from the wooden platform that attaches the trails.
Latitude
49.355253
Longitude
-123.110378
Altitude
60 m
Date
26/10/2013 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
KJ146725
Morphological Description
Collector
Justin Bartella
Number
JBartella4
Other Collectors
Matt Muirhead, Chloe Lam
Determined by
Justin Bartella
Host Substratum
Notes
This fungus has a fleshy, white, non-gelatinous stalk with a number of erect branches that range from pinkish to a faint orange. Flesh of the left specimen gives strong, immediate blue reaction in Melzer's. It does not have a cap, gills or a veil as it is a coral fungus. The spores are white-yellow and range from lengths of 7.5-12.5 micrometres and widths of 5.0-6.5 micrometres.
Habitat
This fungus was found in a flat and moist area covered in grass and moss. It was found under a Douglas fir tree.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
coral
morphology summary
Material collected: coral
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 6 pink or salmon
Secondary color top surface: 5 orange
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 5 orange
Hymenium color when mature: 6 pink or salmon
Spore length: 7.5125
Spore width: 5.065
Smell: 2 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe shape: 1 bulbous
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 primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 40
Stipe length: 50
Spore shape: 1 bean shaped
Spore ornamentation: 2 rough
