Capilano River Regional Park, adjacent to the Palisade Trail
4500 Capilano Park Rd
North Vancouver, V7R 4L3
Latitude
49.355
Longitude
-123.112
Altitude
<100 m
Date
20/10/2018 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Cap: 2-3 cm in diameter, with a prominent dark-brown peak. Younger mushrooms are lighter brown in colour, while older mushrooms become 'inky' and develop a dark brown/ black stain. Cap shape is rounded/oval in shape when young, but then becomes convex to plain with age and develops a dark ruffled edge a the base of the gills.
Gills: Free, fragile, dark brown, and frail.
Stalk: 8-11 cm in length, fibrous, smooth, pale gray/white staining darker gray/brown when wet and yellowish brown when dry. Stalk is sturdy, but can be pulled apart easily.
Spores: 4 mm in width and 5 mm in length. Spores are dark brown in colour and are numerous in the older specimen. Shape is elliptical.
Spore print: N/A
Collector
Eugenie Jacobsen
Number
EUGJAC01
Other Collectors
Anthony Kovac; Marieke De Vynck; Charanpreet Mahal; Natasha Hua
Determined by
Eugenie Jacobsen
Host Substratum
Notes
Habitat
On a flat, open patch of dark, wet soil amongst decaying wood near cedar trees.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
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Name of Sequencer
UBC NAPS
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: 11 dark brown
Secondary color top surface: 8 tan - light brown
Spore print color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when young: 3 pale yellow or cream
Hymenium color when mature: 15 black or dark gray
Spore length: 5
Spore width: 4
Smell: 4 unpleasant
Taste: 2 bitter
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 15 black or dark gray
Cap stain color: 15 black or dark gray
Cap width: 25
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: Yes
Cap flesh color: 11 dark brown
Cap flesh stain color: 15 black or dark gray
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap cross section: 5 straight
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
Cap edge: 2 wavy or lobed
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 2 hollow
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: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe flesh stain color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe stain color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: 5
Stipe length: 95
Gill attachment: 5 free
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 15 black or dark gray
Gills break from cap: Yes
Gills deliquescent: Yes
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: 4 indistinct
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: 13 blue
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: rough
cystidia: yes
clamp connections: yes
cap cuticle type: grooved or streaked
trama type: parallel
