Capilano River Regional Park. Northern end of Capilano Park East Service Rd, approaching Cleveland Dam.
Latitude
49.360
Longitude
-123.110
Altitude
147 m
Date
22/10/2016 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
MF908467
Morphological Description
Cluster of 5 small gilled mushrooms of varying stages of development. Overall light brown color, with orange tinge, caps flat and inrolled at margins. Stipes have whitish fuzz. Overall color fades to pinkish-white buffy color when dried.
Collector
Jeff Groh
Number
JG1-16
Other Collectors
Marco Skrba, Amadeus Sandhu
Determined by
Jeff Groh
Host Substratum
Notes
Habitat
On an incline in a coniferous forest dominated by western hemlock, western red cedar, and douglas fir. In forest floor litter
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 3 compact clumps
Color of top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Secondary color top surface: 6 pink or salmon
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when mature: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore length: 7.51
Spore width: 5
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: 8 tan - light brown
Cap stain color: 6 pink or salmon
Cap width: 823
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: Yes
Cap flesh color: 8 tan - light brown
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: 4 inrolled
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
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: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Stipe secondary color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe stain color: 2 light gray
Stipe surface texture: 9 hairy
Stipe width: 36
Stipe length: 2541
Gill attachment: 6 notched
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
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: none
cystidia: not seen
