Capilano River Regional Park in North Vancouver, off of the Palisades Trail
Latitude
49.3567
Longitude
-123.1091
Altitude
95 m
Date
22/10/2016 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
MF908475
Morphological Description
Collector
Katie McMahen
Number
KM2016-2
Other Collectors
Determined by
Katie McMahen
Host Substratum
decaying wood (unidentified conifer)
Notes
Cap and stipe morphological traits apply to apothecia, and spore traits apply to ascospores. Additional characteristics described below.
Apothecia:
- saucer-like, round disc with short stalk (almost sitting)
- dries yellowish
- ectal excipulum: ~20 µm thick, "textura globulosa", slight brown tint
- medullary excipulum: hyaline, composed of roughly parallel, tightly intertwined hyphae
Asci:
- 9 µm (8.5 - 10 µm) long
- cylindrical-clavate
- unitunicate with apical pores
- each ascus likely contains eight ascospores with irregular biseriate organization (exact observations were not able to be made)
Ascospores:
- aseptate
- hyaline with numerous tiny droplets
Paraphyses:
- hyaline
- cylindrical
- ~1 µm wide
Habitat
western aspect slope in the Coastal Western Hemlock biogeoclimatic zone
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
3 convex to plane
phylum
Ascomycota
material collected
apothecium
morphology summary
Material collected: apothecium
Habit: 3 compact clumps
Color of top surface: 1 white
Secondary color top surface: 1 white
Spore print color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when young: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when mature: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore length: 3
Spore width: .5
Taste: 1 acrid/peppery
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 3 depressed
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 1 white
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 3
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: 1 upturned
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 6 taper down
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: 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: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: .5
Stipe length: .5
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
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: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 8 spindle
Spore ornamentation: n/a
cystidia: n/a
clamp connections: n/a
cap cuticle type: n/a
trama type: n/a
