Gyroporus castaneus (Bull.:Fr.) Quél.

  • Filed As

    Boletaceae
    Gyroporus castaneus (Bull.:Fr.) Quél.

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 7761 with G. Mueller, S. Huhndorf, D. Quist, D. Garcia

  • Location

    Costa Rica. Guanacaste. Near Liberia, Area Conservacion Guanacaste, 15 km S of Liberia, 17 km E of Interamerican Highway, Estacíon "La Virgen", sendero El Cañal.

  • Habitat

    Submontane forest. Quercus oleoides. Gregarious. On soil.

  • Description

    Pileus 4-7 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, dry, tomentose, becoming finely areolate toward margin with age chestnut brown to bright cinnamon brown. Flesh white, unchanging, up to 1 cm thick, with mild odor and taste. Tubes adnexed, white at first then yellow, unchanging, with concolorous pores up to 1 mm broad. Stipe 2-5 cm broad, 4-10 mm broad, ±equal to slightly broader below, dry, brittle, concolorous with pileus, subpruinose, with white interior soon hollow, with white mycelium at base.

  • Specimen Notes

    Duplicate in USJ. (10 mg hymenophore were removed for DNA isolation Dra. Maria P. Martín RSB CSIC Madrid 7th May 2002, Sample taken for DNA Manfred Binder CUW 10/17/05). Also sequenced by N. Davoodian.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 181465

    Occurrence ID: 2244bbb6-1528-441a-8e21-e8494b8100a9

  • GenBank

    MF818162 (atp6)

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  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • State/Province

    Guanacaste

  • Locality

    Near Liberia, Area Conservacion Guanacaste, 15 km S of Liberia, 17 km E of Interamerican Highway, Estacíon "La Virgen", sendero El Cañal

  • Elevation

    Alt. 450 m. (1476 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    10.6631, -85.2972

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