Gymnopus biformis (Peck) Halling

  • Filed As

    Agaricaceae
    Gymnopus biformis (Peck) Halling

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 7341 with Ana E. Franco-Molano, L. Umaña & M. Mata, 23 Jun 1994

  • Location

    Costa Rica. San José. Pérez Zeledón (Canton). Villa Mills. Finca Alejandrina, along Interamerican Highway at km 95 near Hotel La Georgina.

  • Habitat

    Montane cloud forest. Quercus costaricensis and Vaccinium. Gregarious. On humus.

  • Description

    Pileus 1.5-6 cm broad, convex to plane, frequently with a sharply depressed disc, dry to moist, hygrophanous in some, appressed radially fibrillose, translucent striate at first then subsulcate at margin, 6E8 fading to 6D5. Flesh thin (<2 mm), white, with mild odor and mild taste. Lamellae adnexed, very crowded, white at first, then pale tan, with fimbriate edges. Stipe 3-8 cm long, 4-6 mm broad, strict, terete to compressed and cleft, tough and fibrous, equal but slightly expanded at apex and base, dark brown with fine, scattered white pruina, with white basal mycelium; interior hollow.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02861528

    Occurrence ID: 50b6ac11-8d18-483d-9d69-518eacc9e828

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  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • State/Province

    San José

  • County/Municipio

    Pérez Zeledón (Canton)

  • City/Township

    Villa Mills

  • Locality

    Finca Alejandrina, along Interamerican Highway at km 95 near Hotel La Georgina.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 3000 m. (9843 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    9.5619, -83.7394

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