Russula flavida Frost

Filed As

Russulaceae
Russula flavida Frost

Collector(s)

R. E. Halling 7222 with Franco, M. Mata, Baroni, Mueller & Strack, 31 May 1994

Location

Costa Rica. Cartago. El Guarco (Canton). Estrella ±5 km E of km 31 of Interamerican Highway, near town of Estrella.

Habitat

Submontane forest. Quercus oocarpa dominant with another Quercus sp. On soil.

Description

Gregarious. Pileus 1-4 cm broad, convex, becoming plane, then uplifted and depressed on the disc, dry, matted tomentose, subsulcate at margin, orange (5A7-6) on the disc, yellow (4A7) toward margin. Flesh white, unchanging, with mild odor and faintly acrid taste, up to 5 mm thick. Lamellae adnate, close, white at first, eventually ochre (4A4), with even margins and lamellulae not evident. Stipe 2.4-3.5 cm long, 1 cm broad, equal and tapered at the base, concolorous with pileus, the yellow colors above and the orange colors toward the base, under a lens these colors appearing to overlay a white ground above; interior white unchanging, becoming somewhat chambered to hollow. Basidiospores cream ochre (4A3-4A2) in deposit. Phenology of specimen: Basidiomata.

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 175320

Occurrence ID: f5408b24-c4c4-4059-ab7b-da120eef8925

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