Capilano River Regional Park, N of Coho Loop Trail
Latitude
49.355
Longitude
-123.112
Altitude
100 m
Date
23/10/2021 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Collector
Nicholas Zapantis
Number
NZ2021OCT23.1
Other Collectors
Hau-Li Fan, Aiden Beresford, Mark Wen
Determined by
Nicholas Zapantis
Host Substratum
Dirt, Detritus Duff
Notes
-homogeneous creamy white color
-turned a brown gray with age, darker towards the base
-base of mushroom wide and packed dense with branching basidioma
-flattened tips of branches fork into multiple projections
-no cap, no gill
-branches exemplify variable height and age
-resembles coral in its morphology
Habitat
In soil and duff in warm moist conifer forest, near a downed red cedar(?) tree.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
4 cylindrical
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
coral
morphology summary
Material collected: coral
Habit: 2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Color of top surface: 1 white
Secondary color top surface: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 1 white
Hymenium color when mature: 2 light gray
Spore length: 7
Spore width: 7
Smell: 2 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 4 cylindrical
Cap color with age: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh color: 1 white
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 6 circular
Spore ornamentation: smooth
