Neolentinus lepideus (Fr.:Fr.) Redhead & Ginns

Filed As

Polyporaceae
Neolentinus lepideus (Fr.:Fr.) Redhead & Ginns

Collector(s)

R. E. Halling 8693, 15 Jun 2005

Location

United States of America. New York. Bronx Co. Bronx. New York Botanical Garden.

Habitat

Quercus, grass. on soil next to roadside barrier post.

Description

cespitose. Pileus 2-5 cm broad, ±plane to very slightly depressed on the disc, dry, white, developing yellow and/or cinnamon brown stains with age; disc occupied with a superficial, pale brownish pink volval remnant with pinkish brown, flattened areolate patches; margin short sulcate. Flesh white, tough, with penetrating and strong fungal odor, mild taste. Lamellae decurrent, close, broad, white, then yellow (from edge toward flesh), with serrate to wavy or eroded margins. Stipe mostly central to rarely eccentric, 2-5 cm long, 5-10 mm broad, ±equal or slightly broader toward base, terete or rarely flattened and sometimes branched, dry, white, with cinnamon brown squamules throughout length, denser and more heavily pigmented toward the base; interior white, unchanging, tough. Digital image. Tissue in Silica Gel. Phenology of specimen: Basidiomata.

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 00720955

Occurrence ID: c45cc7c7-8312-45b5-bf5b-f307f27e9a34

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