Hygrocybe conica (Schaeff.:Fr.) P.Kumm.

  • Filed As

    Agaricaceae
    Hygrocybe conica (Schaeff.:Fr.) P.Kumm.

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 8423 with Horak, Osmundson, 24 Jun 2003

  • Location

    Costa Rica. San José. Dota (Canton). ±500 km S of Interamerican Highway on road to San Gerardo.

  • Habitat

    Comarostaphylis arbutoides. On soil.

  • Description

    gregarious. Pileus 3-7 cm broad, sharply conic, expanding to plano-conic, viscid, soon dry, radially silky fibrillose, bright yellow (2A6) with some pale orange tones (4A6), becoming black when handled or bruised. Flesh yellow, watery, blackening when exposed, with mild odor and taste. Lamellae adnexed, white, soon gray then black, with even to uneven edges. Stipe 13-27 cm long, 8-10 mm broad, equal to somewhat broader below, twisted fibrous, white to bright yellow at apex, becoming orange (4A8) with age, white toward base, blackening with handling and bruising, white at base; interior white to yellow, blackening with exposure, hollow. Phenology of specimen: basidiomata.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00796143

    Occurrence ID: b3cc9917-dcf5-484a-be71-2c44a1df05ef

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  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • State/Province

    San José

  • County/Municipio

    Dota (Canton)

  • Locality

    ±500 km S of Interamerican Highway on road to San Gerardo.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 3000 m. (9843 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    9.60216, -83.791

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