Amanita abrupta Peck

  • Filed As

    Agaricaceae
    Amanita abrupta Peck

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 7261 with Baroni, 10 Jun 1994

  • Location

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

  • Habitat

    Montane cloud forest. Quercus seemannii & Q. copeyensis. Gregarious. On soil.

  • Description

    Pileus up to 5 cm broad, convex, glabrous and viscid, white with a hint of pale ochraceous on disc, with ochraceous buff, detersile, flattened to pyramidal volval remnants, with non-striate margin. Flesh white, up to 8 mm thick, changing to pale pinkish when exposed, with pungent unpleasant odor of Lepidellas, not tasted. Lamellae free, crowded, white. Stipe up to 15 cm long, up to 1 cm broad, equal with a bulbous base (3-4 cm broad), marginate when young, fibrillose above, somewhat flocculose below, developing orange brown stains with handling; interior solid, white, changing to pinkish when exposed. Annulus quite fragile, collapsing. Phenology of specimen: Basidiomata.

  • Specimen Notes

    Duplicate in USJ

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 648508

    Occurrence ID: 690b3bcc-557a-4042-baa6-7a1efa7729cd

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  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • State/Province

    San José

  • County/Municipio

    Dota (Canton)

  • City/Township

    San Gerardo

  • Locality

    ±5 km SW of Cerro de la Muerte, Albergue de Montaña, Savegre

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2200 m. (7218 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    9.5506, -83.8075

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