Capilano River Regional Park, Near Second Canyon Trail west of Cable Pool Bridge
Latitude
49.354513
Longitude
-123.112277
Altitude
57 m
Date
20/10/2018 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Pink-yellow cap, gilled mushroom with white-yellow gills and white stem. Small- to medium-sized mushroom.
Collector
Alex Malecek
Number
MM-02
Other Collectors
Matthew Campbell
Determined by
Alex Malecek
Host Substratum
Mossy/ loamy soil
Notes
Scattered
Habitat
Near western red cedar, douglas fir, western hemlock, red huckleberry, sword fern.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Alex Malecek
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: 6 pink or salmon
Secondary color top surface: 3 pale yellow or cream
Spore print color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 1 white
Spore length: 10
Spore width: 7.5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 1 acrid/peppery
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 2 even or flat
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 6 pink or salmon
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 90.8
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
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: 4 brittle or crumbly
Cap cross section: 1 upturned
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
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: 4 brittle or crumbly
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: 15.8
Stipe length: 65.8
Gill attachment: 1 adnate
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap: Yes
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: No
Gills waxy feel: No
Gills anastomosing: No
Gills forked: Yes
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 Melzer's color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: Isolated, dark colored warts
cystidia: present
cap cuticle type: Cutis
trama type: Bilateral
