Phaeocollybia

Filed As

Agaricaceae
Phaeocollybia

Collector(s)

R. E. Halling 8196 with Carranza, 20 Jun 2001

Location

Costa Rica. Cartago. El Guarco (Canton). Tapanti. Parque Nacional Tapanti, Macizo de la Muerte, Area de Conservacion La Amistad Pacifico.

Habitat

Quercus copeyensis. gregarious. soil.

Description

Pileus 3.5-7 cm broad, glutinous to viscid, acutely conic at first, then convex to plane with a conspicuous and large, acute umbo, glabrous, radially sulcate when dry, dark brown on disc and cinnamon brown (6D6) toward margin or cinnamon brown overall. Flesh pale watery brown, up to 3 m thick, with farinaceous odor and taste. Lamellae adnexed, crowded, light brown, with uneven edges. Stipe over 15 cm long (broken), 5-10 mm broad, equal, subradicating, twisted fibrous, finely subfibrillose, dry, yellowish white above, soon developing purplish brown to reddish brown to orange brown tones toward base, pale orangish brown overall with age, with interior pithy white, then hollow.

Specimen Notes

Duplicate in USJ

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 1034480

Occurrence ID: 2432f1d1-4cc9-4333-97e6-635dccd10526

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