North Vancouver, Capilano River Regional Park, Second Canyon Viewpoint Trail
Latitude
49.3573
Longitude
-123.1112
Altitude
73 m
Date
23/10/2021 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Collector
Amelia Meredith
Number
AM-323-01
Other Collectors
Emilie Robinson-Leith, Tanveer Khangura, Jacob Beauregard
Determined by
Amelia Meredith
Host Substratum
Decaying Log (unknown species)
Notes
Field Notes:
Growing in a cluster on a decaying fallen log near Capilano River. Squishy. "Stipe" on mature apothecia is extremely short. Apothecia are smooth, round, and cushion-like, and look to be more wrinkly and upturned with age. Reddish purple colour.
Microscopic Notes:
Spore length: .115
Spore width: .040
Asci contains 8 spores
Paraphyses swollen at tip
Mature ascospores have singular septum.
Habitat
Coastal/Temperate rainforest
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
phylum
Ascomycota
material collected
apothecium
morphology summary
Material collected: apothecium
Habit: 3 compact clumps
Color of top surface: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Secondary color top surface: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Spore print color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium color when young: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Hymenium color when mature: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Spore length: .115
Spore width: .04
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Stipe flesh color: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 14 purple, violet, or lilac
Stipe secondary color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: smooth
cystidia: n/a
clamp connections: n/a
