Pacific Forestry Centre's Forest Pathology Herbarium

DAVFP: 29946

Fungus name: Megacollybia platyphylla (Pers.) Kotl. & Pouzar

Substrate: Deciduous log

Year of collection (y-m-d): 2000-06-22

Map coordinates: 49.6753°N, -119.8187°W

Collector: Ginns, J.

Determiner: Ginns, J.

Collection location: Darke Creek at Boyle Boy Scout Camp, 760 m elev., Faulder, B.C.

Remarks: On well-rotted log (Populus trichocarpa?). 2 carps (1 collected). Cap 7 cm diam, shiny, glabrous, smoke grey is closest but not exact, blackish grey on disk. Stipe 8 x 1.2 cm, exterior white, finely longitudinally striate, glabrous, widening to 1.4 cm at gills, not staining where bruised. Gills white, subdistant, sinuate to adnate; sides with fine vertical lines/ribs/folds: edges thin, slightly undulating. 4 mm core hollow, with flesh 3-4 mm thick on each side. Flesh white, 2 mm thick, no odour. Gills 1-1.2 cm deep.

Gene bank accession data: None

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