Capilano River Regional Park, along edge of Palisades trail
Latitude
49.356
Longitude
-123.109
Altitude
90 m
Date
20/10/2018 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Grow in clusters; dried very fast; bright whitish in the field, but became pale yellowish/greyish when dried or aged; the tips of the fruitbody are yellowish to brownish; fruit body is very fragile and brittle so it's very hard to handle; indistinct stem; no gills, stipe or ring
Collector
Christy Fung
Number
CMD007
Other Collectors
Melody Fu, Daniel Weir
Determined by
Christy Fung
Host Substratum
Notes
Grow in clusters; dried very fast; creamy white to greyish in the field, but became light brownish ~ yellowish when dried; the tips of the fruitbody are brownish. Spore print absent
Habitat
In soil with decaying wood, ferns, moss
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
4 cylindrical
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
coral
morphology summary
Material collected: coral
Habit: 3 compact clumps
Color of top surface: 3 pale yellow or cream
Secondary color top surface: 1 white
Spore print color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 1 white
Spore length: 7.45
Spore width: 4.5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 4 cylindrical
Cap color with age: 3 pale yellow or cream
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Flesh toughness: 1 fragile - difficult to handle without damage
Flesh fracture: 4 brittle or crumbly
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap: 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 potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
cystidia: None
clamp connections: None
