North Vancouver, Capilano River Regional Park, 4500 Capilano Park Rd, Directly South West off the Coho Loop trail that crosses with the steep path that descends from the main parking lot (South side), Near the fish hatchery
Latitude
49.355
Longitude
-123.11
Altitude
70 m
Date
26/10/2014 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
KP454022
Morphological Description
Collector
Sarah Keller
Number
SKeller2
Other Collectors
Vanesa Chang
Determined by
Sarah Keller
Host Substratum
Mossy humus (no dead host mushroom was noticed)
Notes
Habitat
On mossy soil near a Western Red Cedar stump. Other trees surrounding it included Western Hemlock and Douglas Fir.
One organism was growing out of a cedar pine cone.
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: 2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Color of top surface: 2 light gray
Secondary color top surface: 15 black or dark gray
Spore print color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when young: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when mature: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 4
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap flesh color: 15 black or dark gray
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe core: 2 hollow
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: 2 light gray
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe secondary color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe width: 2
Stipe length: 5
Gill attachment: 2 adnexed
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: 5 none
Partial veil type: 5 none
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
