Leccinum rugosiceps (Peck) Singer

  • Filed As

    Boletaceae
    Leccinum rugosiceps (Peck) Singer

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 7344 with J. L. Mata, 26 Jun 1994

  • Location

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

  • Habitat

    Mid elevation forest. Quercus seemannii. Scattered. On humus.

  • Description

    Pileus 5-8 cm broad, convex, dry, rugulose pitted to wrinkled, (5F7) on the disc, paler (5D-E6-5-4) toward the margin and overall with age, lacking a sterile margin. Flesh white, changing to pink, up to 12 mm thick, with mild odor and taste. Tubes deeply depressed around the stipe, sordid golden yellow (4C-D5), unchanging, up to 15 mm long, unchanging; pores more yellow (3A4) at first, then more sordid khaki yellow (4D5), brown when bruised, <1 mm broad. Stipe 9-13 cm long, 10-15 mm broad, ±equal, curved at the base, finely scabrous striate, with fine dark gray to gray brown scabers on pallid ground below, fine yellow scabers on yellow ground (concolorous with pores) above; interior solid, white, pink reaction restricted to apex, white or gray below, occasionally with some yellow. NH4(-). Phenology of specimen: Basidiomata.

  • Specimen Notes

    Duplicate in USJ

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 175317

    Occurrence ID: 2ff4a519-e385-458e-96aa-99994cb6dace

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  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • State/Province

    Alajuela

  • County/Municipio

    Grecia (Canton)

  • City/Township

    Grecia

  • Locality

    Bosque del Niño

  • Coordinates

    10.1511, -84.245

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Costa Rica
Leccinum rugosiceps
R. E. Hailing 7344
AGARICALES OF COSTA RICA
The University of Costa Rica and The New York Botanical Garden
Leccinum rugosiceps (Peck) Singer
Costa Rica. Alajuela: Grecia, Grecia. Bosque del Nino.
10°9'4"N, 84°14'42"W; 1900 m. 6/26/94
Vegetation: Quercus seemannii. scattered, on humus.
leg:	R.	E. Hailing, no. 7344 (Hailing, J. L. Mata)
det:	R.	E. Hailing
Pileus 5-8 cm broad, convex, dry, rugulose pitted to wrinkled, (5F7) on the disc,
paler (5D-E6-5-4) toward the margin and overall with age, lacking a sterile margin.
Flesh white, changing to pink, up to 12 mm thick, with mild odor and taste. Tubes
deeply depressed around the stipe, sordid golden yellow (4C-D5), unchanging, up to 15
mm long, unchanging; pores more yellow (3 A4) at first, then more sordid khaki yellow
(4D5), brown when bruised, <1 mm broad. Stipe 9-13 cm long, 10-15 mm broad, ±equal,
curved at the base, finely scabrous striate, with fine dark gray to gray brown scabers on
pallid ground below, fine yellow scabers on yellow ground (concolorous with pores)
above; interior solid, white, pink reaction restricted to apex, white or gray below,
occasionally with some yellow. NH4(-).