Amanita Pers.

• Region

  Central America

• Country

  Costa Rica

• State/Province

  Cartago

• Locality

  La Esperanza de Guarco near Cañon, E. of Interamerican highway at La Esperanza del Guarco

• Elevation

  Alt. 2540 m. (8333 ft.)

• Coordinates

  9.6836, -83.8786

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

A. Franco-M. 1162
Date
Ahuníhi ¿I-
Annotation by R. E. Tulloss
NEWYORK botanical garden
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Date: 3.vii.2015
Sequencing: Jozsef Geml, National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Netherlands Centre for
Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden University, the Netherlands
Contact Information: retamanita@comcast.net
GenBank Accession Number: not available at this time, when available will appear on the
Esperanza del Guarco.
9°41' 1"N, 83°52' 43"W; 2540m.
Vegetation: Quercus seemanii
Solitary, on soil
leg: Ana E. Franco-M. no. 1162 (Hailing, M. Mata, Umaña, Franco-M.)
det:
Pileus 5.5-6 cm diam, plane with low and broad umbo; surface subviscid when
wet, greyish-orange (6C3) at the center, paler (6B3) toward the margin,
finely fibrillose, with thin, flat, greyish-orange (5B2) patches of
universal veil more abundant; epicutis becoming dark brown at the margin;
margin entire to striate, if striate approx. I cm from margin
to center, crisped, not appendiculate. Context white, 0.5 cm thick,
unchanging. Odor none. Lamellae free, close, white, 0.6-0.6 cm broad;
margin finely serrulate. Lamellulae of three lenghts. Stipe 10-14 cm
broad, tapered at the apex, 0.8 cm wide at the apex, 1.3 cm wide at the
middle, central, bulbous; surface white, staining orange (6A4) after
handling, finely fibrillose, at times the fibrils become brownish on white
background, annulate. Interior white, stuffed, unchanging. Annulus
superior, white, becoming dark brown after handling, membranous, with
grayish orange (5B2) free edge. Volva white with grayish-orange tones,
membranous, very thick, saccate.
technical tab at http://www.amanitaceae.org
AGARICALES OF COSTA RICA
Amanita
Costa Rica. Cartago: La Esperanza de Guarco
near Cañón, E. of Interamerican highway at La
26/11/93
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