Lentinus velutinus Fr., 1830

Zambrano-Forero, Cristian J, Davila-Giraldo, Lina R, Motato-Vasquez, Viviana, Villanueva, Paula X, Rondon-Barragan, Iang S & Murillo-Arango, Walter, 2023, Diversity and distribution of macrofungi (Ascomycota and Basidiomycota) in Tolima, a Department of the Colombian Andes: an annotated checklist, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 104307-104307 : 104307

Lentinus velutinus Fr., 1830

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LRD 136 ; occurrenceID: 44A1CB01-B641-5B2F-87FB-745D89BD1AF4; Location: higherGeography: Colombia; Tolima; Municipality of Líbano Santa Librada Reserve ; verbatimElevation: 1100 m; verbatimCoordinates: 4°52'48.4"N 75°01'17.4"W; Event: eventDate: 29 Sep 2019; Record Level: collectionCode: FUT

Notes

The species is recognised by the long slender brown velutinate stipe and equally coloured and velutinate pileus. The species was originally described from Brazil. This is the first record of the species for Tolima.

Diagnosis

Basidiome stipitate, with stipe central, infundibuliform, cylindrical, dark brown and velutinate (Fig. 3 F). Pileus hispid, concolorous with the stipe, lamellae arcuate and ochraceous. Hymenophore lamellate. Hyphal structure dimitic, generative hyphae with clamps, skeletal hyphae thick-walled. Metuloid cystidia present. Basidiospores ellipsoid, 5.2-6.6 × 2.8-4 µm.

Figures

Figure 3. Fresh basidiomata of species as new records for the Department of Tolima. A Basidiomata of Rigidoporus microporus (LRD 137); B Basidiomata of Rigidoporus vinctus (LRD 144); C Basidiomata of Podoscypha venustula (ZF 29); D Basidiomata of Diplomitoporus hondurensus (ZF 38); E Basidiomata of Echinochaete brachypora (ZF 39); F Basidiomata of Lentinus velutinus (LRD 136); G-H Basidiomata of Nigroporus vinosus (LRD 125); I Basidiomata of Polyporus dictyopus (LRD 9); J Basidiomata of Trametes maxima (PXVB 21); K Basidiomata of Trichaptum sector (PXVB 7). Scale bars = 1 cm. Photos by: Lina Davila (I); Ana Maria Davila (B); Paula Villanueva (A, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K)