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Family Hygrophoropsidaceae
Accession Number
Genus Hygrophoropsis
Species affin.  aurantiaca
Species Author (Wulfen)  Maire  1921
Country Canada
Province_State British  Columbia
Location Capilano  River  Regional  Park,  Coho  Loop  Trail  just  sw  of  bridge. 
Latitude 49.3552600
Longitude -123.1108956
Altitude 60  m
Date 20/10/2018    (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description Yellow-Orange  to  Orange-Brown  in  colour,  with  darker  brown  colouration  observed  at  cap  depression  and  fading  radially  from  the  centre  to  give  lighter  colouration  around  cap  edges 
Cap  depressed
Gills  decurrent  and  dichotomously  forked
No  distinct  taste  or  smell
No  latex  produced
White  spore  production
Dextrinoid  spore  production
Clavate  basidia  producing  4  spores  observed
Collector Max  Secerbegovic
Number MAX07
Other Collectors Matt  Kuepfer
Determined by Max  Secerbegovic
Host Substratum Soil
Notes Cap  diameter:  30-92  mm
Cap  Height:  13-42  mm
Stipe  Length:  35-90  mm
Stipe  width  (top-bottom):  4-12  mm  /  7-23  mm
Spore  Size:  7  x  5  µm
Habitat Directly  underneath  Douglas  Fir  tree
DNA  sequence  in  GeneBank
Name  of  Sequencer
Specimen Images
Image of 18_323_secerbegovic_m_06.jpg
Cap  shape  when  mature 2 funnel
phylum Basidiomycota
material  collected gilled  mushroom
morphology  summary Material  collected:  gilled  mushroom
Cap  shape  when  mature:  2 funnel
Time  Modified 21:07:58
Date  Created 21/11/2018
mycology project ID 766