Julian Yu, Matt Tsuruda, Mitchell Burgess, Anna Bazzicalupo
Determined by
Spencer Lamirand
Host Substratum
Notes
Size - Largest specimen was 9 cm tall, had a cap diameter of 9 cm and the stipe was 3 cm thick
The smallest specimen was 5 cm tall, had a cap diameter of 3 cm and the stipe was 2 cm thick
Colour - brown/green cap
White stipe
Smell- Strongly of seafood
Taste - indistinct/mild
Staining - Stipe stained light brown several minutes after contact
Latex - Absent
Spore Diameter - 10 micrometers
Habitat
On mossy forest floor, with conifers, predominantly hemlock
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Spencer Lamirand
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
3 convex to plane
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 12 greenish
Secondary color top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore length: 10
Spore width: 10
Smell: 6 other
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Cap width: 90
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Cap flesh stain color: 8 tan - light brown
Flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh color: 1 white
Stipe flesh stain color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe stain color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe width: 30
Stipe length: 60
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 8 tan - light brown
Gills break from cap: No
Gills forked: No
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 5 none
Volva type: 6 none
Latex color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 6 circular
Spore ornamentation: spiny
cystidia: absent
