Lactarius costaricensis Singer

Filed As

Russulaceae
Lactarius costaricensis Singer

Collector(s)

R. E. Halling 7593 with J. L. Mata, 31 May 1996

Location

Costa Rica. Alajuela. Grecia (Canton). Grecia. Bosque del Niño.

Habitat

Montane cloud forest. Quercus seemannii and Q. sp. gregarious. On soil.

Description

Pileus 3.5-5 cm broad, dry, subvelutinous if at all, dull, even or sometimes subrugulose, convex to plano-convex to plane with a depressed disc, dark gray brown (7F4), occasionally with pallid ochraceous patches. Latex white, mild, staining tissues pink. Flesh white, up to 6 mm thick, changing to pink when exposed. Lamellae adnex to subdecurrent, crowded, thin and narrow, white to yellowish white, staining pink from exuded latex, with even edges. Stipe 4-6 cm long, 10-12 mm thick, equal, dry, glabrous, nearly concolorous with pileus but paler, white at base, somtimes concolorous with lamellae at apex, with interior white changing to pink when exposed.

Specimen Notes

Duplicate in USJ

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 79959

Occurrence ID: f958c76b-b460-46bd-8255-a3784a1316af

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