Melanogaster macrocarpus Zeller

Filed As

Gasteroid agarics
Melanogaster macrocarpus Zeller ( microslide of holotype )

Collector(s)

S. M. Zeller 8230, 03 Sep 1935

Location

United States of America. Oregon. Clackamas Co. Paradise Park.

Habitat

"In duff under conifers, mostly Hemlocks, where pack horses had been tethered". "Mostly Hemlocks". "duff".

Description

there is a second packet marekd type on the sheet, but it contains only literature.

Collection Notes

On the specimen packet itself: "In duff under conifers, mostly Hemlocks, where pack horses had been tethered, about 100 yds. up on trail to Paradise Park from Twin Bridges Forest Camp". A hand written note is included in a literature packet attached to the same specimen sheet. It is difficult to read but is beleived to state the following: "#8230 intermedius (Berk.) Melanogaster sp. Z&D or macrosporum Trail to Paradise Park from Twin Bridge Forest Camp, Sept. 3, 1935 About 100 yrds up from camp where park [?] horses had been tethered. In duff under conifers- mostly hemlocks- Large specimens 12x8x6 arm. [?] were found. Very heavy. Exterior warm dark brown. Odor strong, characteristically oily, not exactly like perocene [?]- some say like onion [?] without the tear producing quality- not at all that way to others.- garlic 46 fruit bodoes in the collection One specimen weighed 9 oz.; 3 weighed 1 1/2 lb. Odar of silage [?] Spores obovoid 12-14.2 x 8-10.6 u

Specimen Notes

Specimens sent to C. W. Dodge Oct 14, 1935 There is a second packet marekd type on the sheet, but it contains only literature, Holotype designation from J. M. Vidal HGI Jan 2007

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 720858

Occurrence ID: eacddec3-4c48-4c67-b3e2-aca75b8dd081

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