Mushrooms have convex to flat caps which are a dark reddish-brown (almost maroon) in colour. Stipes are a similar colour of red the whole way up. Pores are yellow in colour.
Mushrooms were found under a Western Hemlock, but were also near other tree types.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
3 convex to plane
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
pored mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: pored mushroom
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Secondary color top surface: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore print color: 8 tan - light brown
Hymenium color when young: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when mature: 4 yellow/gold
Spore length: 12.51375
Spore width: 4.755
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 2 even or flat
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 7 red
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 2080
Cap surface texture: 4 hairy, include velvety
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Cap flesh stain color: 13 blue
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Cap cross section: 2 recurved
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 1 solid
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 3 hard, potato-like
Stipe flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Stipe flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Stipe flesh color: 4 yellow/gold
Stipe flesh stain color: 4 yellow/gold
Stipe primary color: 7 red
Stipe secondary color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: 815
Stipe length: 4070
Hymenium stain color: 13 blue
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 5 none
Volva type: 4 indistinct
Volva color: 1 white
Latex color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Latex stain 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: spores have no ornamentation
cystidia: downwards pointing and tubular
clamp connections: none
