Top of slope to the east of trail 9 in Capilano River Regional Park. Vancouver.
Latitude
49.356
Longitude
-123.108
Altitude
115m
Date
22/10/2016 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
MF908476
Morphological Description
Macroscopic Characteristics:
Cap: 26-85mm on longest axis, 20-64mm on shortest axis, conchate in smaller specimens, umbilicate to infundibuliform in larger specimens. Surface of cap smooth and slightly silky. White when fresh becoming yellower with age. Margin wavy.
Gills: unequal, decurrent, close to crowded, white.
Stipe: Not always present. Length 31mm, Diameter 12mm at base, widening substantially to cap. White when fresh, becoming yellower with age
Veil: Absent
Taste: No obvious taste, slightly soft and fleshy texture
Smell: No obvious smell
Microscopic Characteristics:
Spores: White, hyaline, Not amyloid. 6.1um x 5.5um. Rounded/spherical to ovular but not elongate or ellipsoid
Gills: Curve slightly towards stipe. Only basidia observed. No cheliocystidia or pleurocystidia
Collector
Hugh Carter
Number
KM2016-06
Other Collectors
Katie McMahen
Determined by
Hugh Carter
Host Substratum
Rotting wood of undetermined species
Notes
Habitat
Found on dead wood in a small clearing in moist mixed woodland dominated by Douglas Fir, Red Cedar and Hemlock.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
2 funnel
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: 1 white
Secondary color top surface: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 1 white
Spore length: 6.1
Spore width: 5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Cap shape when mature: 2 funnel
Cap shape in center: 3 depressed
Cap shape from above: 3 fan or tongue shape
Cap color with age: 3 pale yellow or cream
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 85
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
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: 5 straight
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 2 wavy or lobed
Stipe shape: 6 taper down
Stipe core: 1 solid
Stipe position: 2 off-center
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: 1 white
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 1 white
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 20
Stipe length: 31
Gill attachment: 3 decurrent
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: 3 pale yellow or cream
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 6 circular
Spore ornamentation: None
cystidia: Not observed
clamp connections: Not observed
cap cuticle type: Not observed
trama type: Unequal
