Above trail 9 in Capilano River Regional Park, Capilano Road, North Vancouver, BC
Latitude
49.3541575
Longitude
-123.1090282
Altitude
115
Date
22/10/2016 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
MF908469
Morphological Description
Collector
Berni van der Meer
Number
2016BMV-08
Other Collectors
Determined by
Berni van der Meer
Host Substratum
Mineral soil
Notes
Odour was faintly fish-like
Taste was mushroomy
Habitat
Surrounding trees were Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata), Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), Vine maple (Acer vinatum)
Collection site was on an extreme incline and therefore surrounded by bare mineral soil. Well drained site.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
1 conical/bell shape
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 3 pale yellow or cream
Secondary color top surface: 1 white
Spore print color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Spore length: 10
Spore width: 5
Smell: 6 other
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 1 conical/bell shape
Cap shape in center: 2 even or flat
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 4 yellow/gold
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 35
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: 3 pale yellow or cream
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap cross section: 4 inrolled
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 3 scalloped
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 1 solid
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: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 1 white
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: 10
Stipe length: 65
Gill attachment: 2 adnexed
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: Yes
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap: No
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: Yes
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
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: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: smooth
cystidia: cheilo/pleurocystidia abundant, thick walled, stout, hyaline, obtuse at apex
