North Vancouver, Capilano River Regional Park, Coho trail, north of river; 4m off trail from bridge walkway
Latitude
49.355295
Longitude
-123.11115
Altitude
80 m
Date
28/10/2023 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
PP550920
Morphological Description
Collector
Isabella Factor
Number
IF20231028.1
Other Collectors
Freya Zhu, Simon Mattern, Lauren Brown
Determined by
Isabella Factor
Host Substratum
Decaying conifer trunk
Notes
Bright yellow stem and baking pumpkin orange cap colour, greasy/oily to touch, yellow/clear juices when cut, turns brown as it dries out
Habitat
Under decaying coniferous tree trunk surrounded with tree litter on gound (includes needles, scales, dirt), moist enviroment when collected
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
Color of top surface: 5 orange
Spore print color: 1 white
Hymenium color when young: 4 yellow/gold
Hymenium color when mature: 4 yellow/gold
Smell: 5 mealy or floury
Cap shape when mature: 3 convex to plane
Cap shape in center: 1 raised
Cap color with age: 5 orange
Cap width: 270
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 4 oily
Cap flesh color: 5 orange
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 2 irregular tear
Cap cross section: 3 incurved
Cap margin surface: 2 smooth
Cap edge: 1 smooth
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 1 solid
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 3 tough - does not tear easily
Stipe flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 4 yellow/gold
Stipe primary color: 4 yellow/gold
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap: No
Reaction Melzer's color: 1 white
Spore shape: 2 cylindrical
cystidia: Yes
