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Family Fomitopsidaceae
Accession Number
Genus Laricifomes
Species officinalis
Species Author Kotl.  &  Pouzar
Country Canada
Province_State British  Columbia
Location North  Vancouver,  Capilano  River  Regional  Park,  off  trail  north  of  Giant  trail 
Latitude 49.35505
Longitude -123.11221
Altitude ~90  m
Date 23/10/2021    (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
Morphological Description
Collector Natalia  Mondi
Number NM102202
Other Collectors Cougar  Smith
Determined by Natalia  Mondi
Host Substratum bottom  side  of  Thuja  plicata  fallen  log 
Notes Solitary  Pored  mushroom;  colour:  cream  white  with  yellow  staining  of  porous  surface  and  grayish  chalky  'skin';  latex:  none;  staining:  none;  smell:  slightly  sweet  and  earthy;  chalky/friable  texture,  very  bitter  taste,  hard  woody  flesh.  No  spore  print  possible.  Spores:  typically  elliptical  Basidiospores
Habitat Bottom  of  a  suspended  cedar  log  growing  with  porous  surface  facing  the  ground
DNA  sequence  in  GeneBank
Name  of  Sequencer
Specimen Images
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Cap  shape  when  mature
phylum Basidiomycota
material  collected pored  mushroom
morphology  summary Material  collected:  pored  mushroom
Time  Modified 07:52:51
Date  Created 09/12/2022
mycology project ID 902