Lactarius Pers.

Filed As

Russulaceae
Lactarius

Collector(s)

R. E. Halling 7306 with A.E. Franco, L. Umaña, M. Mata, 20 Jun 1994

Location

Costa Rica. San José. Dota (Canton). San Gerardo. Albergue de la Montaña, Savegre, ±5 km SW of Cerro de la Muerte.

Habitat

Montane cloud forest. Quercus copeyensis, Q. seemannii. Gregarious to subcespitose. On soil.

Description

Pileus 4-9 cm broad, convex with a depressed disc and inrolled margin, soon with disc more depressed and margin decurved, viscid especially at margin, matted tomentose, white at margin, brownish yellow (5B-C6-5-4) toward disc; margin not bearded but coarsely and irregularly sulcate at first, lobed with age. Flesh up to 15 mm thick, quite firm, white, unchanging, with mild odor and a barely perceptible acrid taste. Lamellae subdecurrent to decurrent, distant to subdistant, thick and broad, (4A-B5-4), with thick creamy latex, not changing in time, not marginate. Stipe 2-7 cm long, 15-30 mm broad, equal or tapering downward, viscid at first, soon dry, often glabrous, rarely scrobiculate, white and shiny, not felty, developing brownish yellow stains from handling; interior white soon hollow, otherwise firm-fleshed. Latex does not stain white paper yellow.

Specimen Notes

Duplicate in USJ

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 02685926

Occurrence ID: 4568bc4c-935f-40b0-bc59-4bff2fe0a28d

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