North Vancouver, Capilano River Regional Park, Coho Loop Trail, under a small wooden bridge
Latitude
49.355289
Longitude
-123.111039
Altitude
62 m
Date
24/10/2015 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Collector
Ryan Stratychuk
Number
RStratychuk17
Other Collectors
Ximena Abresch, Thomas Dodds
Determined by
Ryan Stratychuk
Host Substratum
Humic soil
Notes
Spore Size 5 µm long x 3 µm wide
Spore Shape Smooth or slightly warty looking, ovoid
Basidiocarp Size ~50mm tall x ~1mm wide (per branch)
Colour Creamy yellow brown
Taste Horrible and bitter
Metzler Stain Brown, non-amyloid
Clamp Connections Present/Absent Absent or extremely non-apparent
Texture Smooth
Toughness of Branches Fairly resistant to touch, pliant not brittle
Branching Pattern Often branching, small branches. Branches in pairs.
Mycelium Base White
Habitat
Found on humic soil, underneath a wooden bridge over a small trickle of a stream. Hemlock, Douglas fir and cedar trees nearby.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
4 cylindrical
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
coral
morphology summary
Material collected: coral
Habit: 3 compact clumps
Color of top surface: 3 pale yellow or cream
Secondary color top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Spore print color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when young: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when mature: 8 tan - light brown
Spore length: 5
Spore width: 3
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 2 bitter
Cap shape when mature: 4 cylindrical
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Melzer's color: 11 dark brown
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: Small warts, 0.3um
clamp connections: Difficult to see
