Capilano River Regional Park in North Vancouver. Between the Capliano Salmon Hatchery and the Cleveland Dam
Latitude
49.357093
Longitude
-123.112445
Altitude
Unknown
Date
23/10/2021 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Cap Shape: Convex, incurved
Cap Shape in Center: Even, Flat
Colour: Yellowish - Orange, Top is lighter than margins, top of stipe is lighter than base
Surface Features: Moist to waxy, smooth
Cap Margin: Entire, even, regular
Context (Flesh): Moist, thickness approximation: Disc: 0.1 cm and Margin: 0.05 cm
Flesh Texture: soft (not spongy – doesn’t bounce back)
Latex colour: orange
Odor and Taste: Earthy smell and bitter taste
Attachment of Gills: Adnate – Decurrent
Breadth (Hymenium): Broad
Thickness (Hymenium): Tapering
Spacing (Hymenium): Subdistant
Edges (Hymenium): Acute
MISC (Hymenium): Waxy
Location of Stipe: Central
Shape of Stipe Smallest: compressed, Largest: Round, Flexuous
Texture of Stipe: Fibrous and brittle
Stipe Interior: Hollow, Tubular
Spore Shape: Elliptical
Reaction with KOH: No Reaction
Pileus (Cap) Length (cm): 0.2 - 0.5
Pileus (Cap) Width (cm): 0.5 - 1.4
Hymenium width (cm): 0.1 - 0.6
Stipe Length (cm): 1.3 - 2.8
Based Width (cm): 0.3 - 0.5
Total Length (cm): 1.6 - 3.5
Spore Width (µm): 5
Spore Length (µm): 7
Collector
Sneha Gupta
Number
SN 2122
Other Collectors
Marija Bozic, Nadia Zhang, Jenny Kim
Determined by
Sneha Gupta
Host Substratum
On side of decaying log (species not indentified)
Notes
Habitat
Growing of a decaying log, on the side with multiple fungi growing together but spaced out. Growing along side moss, and other decay fungi are present as well. The conditions are moist, sword fern and English holly can be seen within the habitat. The area is open and open canopy with other decaying plants and materials within the habitat.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
3 convex to plane
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
gilled mushroom
morphology summary
Material collected: gilled mushroom
Habit: 2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Color of top surface: 5 orange
Secondary color top surface: 4 yellow/gold
Spore print color: 1 white
Spore length: 7
Spore width: 5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 2 bitter
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
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 width: .514
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 5 moist feel
Cap hygrophanous: Yes
Cap flesh color: 5 orange
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 2 hollow
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 color: 5 orange
Stipe primary color: 5 orange
Stipe secondary color: 4 yellow/gold
Stipe surface texture: 8 fibrilose
Stipe width: .305
Stipe length: 1.328
Gill attachment: 3 decurrent
Gills waxy feel: Yes
Latex color: 5 orange
Reaction potassium: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
