Capilano Regional River Park, North Vancouver, off the Second Canyon Trail.
Latitude
49.356
Longitude
-123.111
Altitude
61 m
Date
20/10/2018 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Collector
Amy Kim
Number
AKAC03
Other Collectors
Annette Chan
Determined by
Amy Kim
Host Substratum
Notes
Convex to plane cap, 6.5cm in diameter, with a deep red, brown colour. Stipe is a more red, purple colour fading white in the middle, and pores are bright yellow. Spores are ellipsoid to oblong, 12.5-15 x 3.75-5um and cystidia are cylindrical, 37.5-40 x 6.25-7.5um. Minimal blue staining after long air exposure, no distinct odor, and mild to slight acidic taste.
Habitat
Mossy, humus, moist soil, gregarious to scattered at the base of dead hemlock and alder trees on a cliff side.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
3 convex to plane
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
pored mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: pored mushroom
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Secondary color top surface: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Spore print color: 4 yellow/gold
Hymenium color when young: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when mature: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Spore length: 12.515
Spore width: 3.755
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
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: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Cap stain color: 13 blue
Cap width: 65
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Cap flesh stain color: 13 blue
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Cap cross section: 5 straight
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: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 3 pale yellow or cream
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 7 red
Stipe secondary color: 8 tan - light brown
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 12
Stipe length: 60
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
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: 7 sausage shape
Spore ornamentation: None
cystidia: Cylindrical
clamp connections: None
