Lactarius gerardii Peck

  • Filed As

    Russulaceae
    Lactarius gerardii Peck

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 8262, 06 Jul 2001

  • Location

    Costa Rica. Cartago. El Guarco (Canton). Tapanti. Parque Nacional Tapanti, Macizo de la Muerte, Area de Conservacion La Amistad Pacifico.

  • Habitat

    Montane cloud forest. Quercus copeyensis. Gregarious. On soil.

  • Description

    Pileus 3-4.5 cm broad, plane with low, acute umbo, dry, subvelutinous, radially wrinkled, brown (6E7,6). Flesh white, exuding watery white latex, apparently unchanging. Lamellae subdecurrent to decurrent, distant, yellowish white, with brown marginate edges. Stipe 3-4.5 cm long, 5-8 mm broad, equal, curved, dry, finely scurfy, light brown, white at base, with interior white, becoming hollow.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 618201

    Occurrence ID: d9058fdb-245e-47ee-9857-f2d549060e22

  • GenBank

    GU265593 (28S rRNA)

    GU258235 (nrRNA)

    GU258330 (rpb2)

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  • Kingdom

    Fungi

  • Division

    Basidiomycota

  • Family

    Russulaceae

  • All Determinations

    Lactarius gerardii Peck det R. E. Halling
    Note: Considered sp. nov by Montoya et al 2012 related to ; also L. aff gerardii, not the same as L. gerardii var gerardii - confirmed molecularly, anno. by D. Stubbe Ghent University 2012

  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • State/Province

    Cartago

  • County/Municipio

    El Guarco (Canton)

  • Locality

    Tapanti. Parque Nacional Tapanti, Macizo de la Muerte, Area de Conservacion La Amistad Pacifico.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2600 m. (8530 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    9.685, -83.875

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