Pacific Forestry Centre's Forest Pathology Herbarium

DAVFP Collections Database

Wood chips

DAVFP: 25404
Fungus name: Stropharia aurantiaca (Cooke) Orton
Substrate: Wood chips
Year of collection (y-m-d): 1998-10-01
Map coordinates: 48.4396°N, 123.3380°W
Collector: Countess, R.
Determiner: Countess, R.
Collection location: Victoria, V.I., B.C.
Remarks: Lawn at UVic. Striking red cap and red-staining stalk, veil evanescent, indistinct. Spores 9-13 x 6-9 um with large germ pore. Chrysocystidia present.
Gene bank accession data: None
DAVFP: 28058
Fungus name: Pseudoclitocybe cyathiformis (Fr.:Fr.) Singer
Substrate: Wood chips
Year of collection (y-m-d): 2004-03-06
Map coordinates: 48.4396°N, 123.3380°W
Collector: Friedinger, C.
Determiner: Dennis, J.
Collection location: Victoria, V.I., B.C.
Remarks: Found in flower bed soil incorporated with wood chips. Tentative identification. Macro-characteristics fit description, few spores but they are amyloid. Basidia look like they have 2 sterigmata, not 4.
Gene bank accession data: None
DAVFP: 28686
Fungus name: Peziza badio-confusa Korf
Substrate: Wood chips
Year of collection (y-m-d): 2004-04-22
Map coordinates: 48.5270°N, 123.3659°W
Collector: Commandeur, R.
Determiner: Dennis, J.
Collection location: Victoria, V.I., B.C.
Remarks: UTM 1047537 Found on wood chips. Microscopic characteristics match description in Mushrooms of Idaho and the Pacific Northwest Vol. 1, Discomycetes by E.E. Tylutki.
Gene bank accession data: None
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