Phylloporus aurantiacus Halling & G.M.Muell.

Filed As

Boletaceae
Phylloporus aurantiacus Halling & G.M.Muell. ( isotype )

Collector(s)

R. E. Halling 7271 with T. J. Baroni, 11 Jun 1994

Location

Costa Rica. Cartago. El Guarco (Canton). ±4.5 km E of km 31 of Interamerican Highway, near town of Palo Verde.

Habitat

Mixed woods. Quercus oocarpa. Gregarious. Soil.

Description

Pileus 1-3 cm broad, plane to depressed, dry, tomentose to matted tomentose, orange (6-7B-C8-7) or sometimes developing yellow (4A6) areas. Flesh bright yellow (4A7), unchanging with exposure, up to 5 mm thick, NH4(-) on pileus and flesh. Lamellae decurrent, close, orange to orange brown (7C8), staining green with bruising, with even edges. Stipe 3-5 cm long, 4-5 mm broad, equal, dry, floccose-fibrillose, red to orange with yellow undertones, with bright yellow basal mycelium; interior solid, yellow, not changing with exposure. Clamp connections absent. Spores subellipsoid in face view, subellipsoid in profile with a ±flattened adaxial region. Similar to P. coccineus Corner, but lacks the cyanescent flesh of that species and the spores are smaller.

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 00460927

Occurrence ID: f8a23ce2-83f0-423c-93c2-b4065a24aea0

GenBank

MH614666 (atp6)

MH614829 (cox3)

MH614761 (rpb2)

MH614715 (tef1)

Feedback

Send comments on this specimen record