Specimen found north of Cable Pool, in Capilano Regional Park, on the western side of the Grand Fir trail. Mushrooms were found growing from two adjacent mature fallen conifers, located halfway up the hillside. The site of the fallen trees is a 3-5 minute walk north from the bridge crossing over Cable Pool.
Latitude
49.356
Longitude
-123.112
Altitude
70 m
Date
24/10/2015 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
A little brown mushroom, 5-6cm tall, with a tan cap 2-3 cm wide and a light gray stipe; reddish-brown staining occurs on cap and stipe; base of stipe has prominent white hairs and is rooting.
Collector
Aubrey Doherty
Number
ADoherty12
Other Collectors
Melissa Chinaloy, Ronald Mak, and Henry Tai
Determined by
Aubrey Doherty
Host Substratum
Decaying conifer
Notes
Habitat
Growing from well-rotted wood of fallen conifers in typical Coastal Douglas Fir-Hemlock-Red Cedar Forest.
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: 3 compact clumps
Color of top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Secondary color top surface: 2 light gray
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 1 white
Spore length: 7.58
Spore width: 5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
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: 8 tan - light brown
Cap stain color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Cap width: 23
Cap surface texture: 3 rough, wrinkled, cracked, warts
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: 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: 2 irregular tear
Cap cross section: 3 incurved
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 5 rooting
Stipe core: 2 hollow
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Stipe flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Stipe flesh color: 1 white
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe secondary color: 2 light gray
Stipe stain color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Stipe surface texture: 9 hairy
Stipe width: 1520
Stipe length: 5060
Gill attachment: 6 notched
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
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: 4 yellow/gold
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
cystidia: with finger-like projections
