North Vancouver, Capilano Regional Park, Giant Fir Trail, ~15m south of the Ancient Sentinel
Latitude
123.11214
Longitude
49.35672
Altitude
90 m
Date
28/10/2023 (DD/MM/YYYY)
GeneBank Accession Number
PP550928
Morphological Description
Small (22-27 mm) rusty orange conical pileus with decurrently attached, moderately spaced gills with occasional forking. The centrally placed stipe is grey in color with a fibrous texture and extends 26-30 mm below the pileus.
Collector
Kalen Dofher
Number
KD2810202302
Other Collectors
Daniyal Khuhro, Gia Khanna
Determined by
Kalen Dofher
Host Substratum
On decaying Pseudotsuga menziesii
Notes
white spore print, rusty orange cap (2.5 cm diameter), lighter orange gills, thin (1-2 mm) grey-brown stipe curving into fallen log.
Habitat
Growing from the side of a decomposing douglas fir log
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
Hymenium color when young: 5 orange
Hymenium color when mature: 5 orange
Spore length: 7.3
Spore width: 3.5
Smell: 2 mild/none
Taste: 3 mild/none
Flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Cap shape when mature: 1 conical/bell shape
Cap shape in center: 3 depressed
Cap shape from above: 1 circular-even if wavy
Cap color with age: 5 orange
Cap stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Cap width: 25
Cap surface texture: 2 smooth
Cap stickiness: 1 dry
Cap has concentric zones of color: No
Cap stalk easily part: No
Cap hygrophanous: No
Cap flesh color: 4 yellow/gold
Cap flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Cap cross section: 3 incurved
Cap margin surface: 1 pleated, grooved, streaked, or ribbed(edge)
Cap edge: 2 wavy or lobed
Stipe shape: 3 equal
Stipe core: 3 pithy
Stipe position: 1 central
Stipe flesh hardness: 2 firm, fleshy
Stipe flesh toughness: 2 easy to break or tear, but not fragile
Stipe flesh fracture: 3 fibrous-tears easier in one direction
Stipe flesh color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Stipe flesh stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe primary color: 9 brown- use when other browns do not fit
Stipe secondary color: 10 rust brown (reddish brown)
Stipe stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Stipe surface texture: 10 smooth
Stipe width: 2
Stipe length: 26
Gill attachment: 3 decurrent
Gill collarium: No
Gill sawtooth edge: No
Hymenium stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Gills break from cap: No
Gills deliquescent: No
Gills mottled face: No
Gills secede from stalk: Yes
Gills waxy feel: No
Gills anastomosing: No
Gills forked: Yes
Ring type: 5 none
Partial veil type: 5 none
Ring location on stalk: 5 none
Ring number: 3 none
Ring color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Volva type: 6 none
Volva color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Latex color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Latex stain color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Reaction Melzer's color: 17 none - no stains or not applicable
Spore shape: 3 elliptical
Spore ornamentation: smooth
cystidia: Yes