Filed As:

Gasteroid agarics
Rhizopogon succosus var. mexicanus (Hosford & Trappe) S.L.Miller

All Determinations:

Rhizopogon succosus var. mexicanus (Hosford & Trappe) S.L.Miller det. J. M. Trappe, 17 Dec 2004

Location:

Belize. Cayo. Mountain Pine Ridge: entrance road to 5 Sisters Lodge. Alt. 335 m. (1099 ft.)

Collector(s):

R. E. Halling 8507 with Baroni, Lodge, Cifuentes, 02 Oct 2003

Description:

gregarious. 1-4 cm broad, globose to ellipsoid to irregular in outline. Dry, bright sulphur yellow to cadmium yellow, staining bright orange to red, with some few superficial rhizomorphs. Peridium white to pale yellow and thin when viewed as exposed/cut, bright orange then deep purple with NH4 on yellow peridium. Interior pale olive to dark olive, then finally very dark brown, with gel filled chambers from the beginning. Phenology of specimen: Basidiomata.

Habitat:

Quercus peduncularis, Pinus caribaea. on sandy soil.

Other:

Specimen Notes: DNA prep, digital image

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 00815425
GUID: d1780f54-1f37-4951-8b86-301ff265b9a6

Map:

Coordinates: (17.0372, -88.9783)

Distribution:

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