Coho Trail, Capilano River Regional Park, 3735 Capilano Road. V7R4J1.
Latitude
49.3555
Longitude
-123.1109
Altitude
81 m
Date
28/10/2017 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
MG953987
Morphological Description
Collector
Matt Tsuruda
Number
MKT111099
Other Collectors
n/a
Determined by
Matt Tsuruda
Host Substratum
Growing on dead tree.
Notes
Fruiting body pored. Smell distinctly fruity, sweet. Fruiting body sessile and effused-reflexed. Cap surface slimy, slightly rugose. Uniformly purple on top, white pores that bruised pink. No stipe present, no latex when cut. 102mm long, 43mm wide, 50mm tall. Spores cylindrical, curved, thin-walled, variable in length. Spores averaged 5x10mm. Monomitic hyphal system, lacking cystidia and clamp connections.
Habitat
Growing on dead tree (Sitka spruce?). Surrounded by western hemlock and red cedar.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Matt Tsuruda
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
3 convex to plane
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
pored mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: pored mushroom
Habit: 2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Color of top surface: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Secondary color top surface: 1 white
Spore print color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when young: 2 light gray
Hymenium color when mature: 2 light gray
Spore length: 10
Spore width: 5
Smell: 1 anise, fruity, sweet
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 2 even or flat
Cap shape from above: 3 fan or tongue shape
Cap color with age: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 102
Cap surface texture: 3 rough, wrinkled, cracked, warts
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 1 jelly-like
Cap cross section: 5 straight
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe position: 4 absent
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: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 2 cylindrical
Spore ornamentation: absent
cystidia: absent
clamp connections: absent
trama type: pores
