Gyrodon monticola Singer

Filed As

Boletaceae
Gyrodon monticola Singer

Collector(s)

R. E. Halling 5287 with G. Mueller, 21 May 1987

Location

Colombia. Huila. Finca Merenberg, near Parque Nacional Puracé.

Habitat

Montane forest. Under Alnus. Gregarious to subcespitose. On soil.

Description

Pileus 3-11 cm broad, viscid in wet weather, matted fibrillose, convex or with subacute short umbo (rare), dark cinnamon brown. Flesh whitish, bluing, up to 2 cm thick. Tubes boletinoid, shallow, up to 2 mm long, yellow, bluing, decurrent. Stipe 2-6 cm long, 5-14 mm thick, ±equal to subclavate or narrower downward, central to eccentric, curved or strict; surface dry, pinkish brown, matted subtomentose to matted subfibrillose, with ochraceous buff sclerotia, the latter hard but brittle. Phenology of specimen: Basidiomata.

Notes (shown on label)

Sclerotia & spore print in box

Specimen Notes

less than 10 mg hymenophore were removed for DNA isolation Dra. Maria P. Martín RSB CSIC Madrid 7th May 2002

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 48184

Occurrence ID: 85cb578c-d620-4b89-b887-26577db44659

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