On the east side of the 2nd Canyon trail directly across from the hatchery in Capilano Regional Park, Vancouver.
Latitude
49.35603
Longitude
-123.11131
Altitude
68
Date
23/10/2021 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
KF800226
Morphological Description
Collector
Noel Hancocks
Number
NH2022Oct22.1
Other Collectors
Determined by
Noel Hancocks
Host Substratum
Notes
Salmon-colored to white jelly fungus with veined underside and both resupinate and zonate morphology. Cap was wavy and flucose around the margins. Had 2-3 layers on top of each other and a cartilagenous texture.
Habitat
Decaying log in conifer dominant forest.
DNA sequence in GeneBank
Name of Sequencer
Specimen Images
Cap shape when mature
5 globular
phylum
Basidiomycota
material collected
jelly fungus
morphology summary
Material collected: jelly fungus
Habit: 2 numerous or trooping, but not in clumps
Color of top surface: 6 pink or salmon
Secondary color top surface: 1 white
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 6 pink or salmon
Hymenium color when mature: 6 pink or salmon
Spore length: 2.5
Spore width: 4.5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 1 soft-spongy, including gelatinous
Cap shape when mature: 5 globular
Cap shape from above: 3 fan or tongue shape
Cap color with age: 1 white
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 80
Cap surface texture: 4 hairy, include velvety
Cap stickiness: 3 sticky or slimy when wet
Cap has concentric zones of color: Yes
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 6 pink or salmon
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Flesh fracture: 1 jelly-like
Cap cross section: 2 recurved
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
Cap edge: 2 wavy or lobed
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Melzer's color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 7 sausage shape
clamp connections: yes
