Capilano River Regional Park: 5077 Capilano Rd, North Vancouver, BC V7R 4K4, Second Canyon Trail: Solitary in soil surrounded by coniferous trees.
Latitude
49.356156
Longitude
123.110112
Altitude
86 m
Date
20/10/2018 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Collector
Charanpreet Mahal
Number
CM2018RB
Other Collectors
Marieke De Vynck, Anthony Kovac, Eugenie Jacobsen, Natasha Hua
Determined by
Charanpreet Mahal
Host Substratum
Soil
Notes
Found in a clustered group of 3-4 mushrooms, emerging from the forest floor (low mound). Broad white cap, white stipe, with adnate to decurrent gills.
Habitat
in soil near coniferous trees, covered in conifer needles and duff.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
2 funnel
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 1 solitary or scattered
Color of top surface: 1 white
Secondary color top surface: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 8 tan - light brown
Spore length: 11
Spore width: 9
Smell: 4 unpleasant
Taste: 1 acrid/peppery
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 2 funnel
Cap shape in center: 3 depressed
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 5 orange
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 145
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
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: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap cross section: 1 upturned
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
Cap edge: 2 wavy or lobed
Stipe shape: 1 bulbous
Stipe core: 3 pithy
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
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: 1 white
Stipe flesh stain color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Stipe primary color: 1 white
Stipe secondary color: 1 white
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 35
Stipe length: 54
Gill attachment: 3 decurrent
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: Yes
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 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: warts
cystidia: present
clamp connections: N/A
cap cuticle type: N/A
trama type: N/A
