Dacryopinax spathularia (Schwein.) G.W. Martin, 1948

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

Dacryopinax spathularia (Schwein.) G.W. Martin, 1948

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: PXVB 10 ; occurrenceID: D45FEA09-688E-5C12-A7FB-A077251F1BB0; Location: higherGeography: Colombia; Tolima; Municipality of Espinal ; Chicoral ; verbatimElevation: 390 m; verbatimCoordinates: 4°11'56.8"N 74°59'18.1"W; Event: eventDate: 22 Jun 2022; Record Level: collectionCode: FUT

Notes

The species is generally considered widespread. This is the first record of the species for Tolima.

Diagnosis

Basidiome scattered or gregarious, up to 15 mm high, pileus gelatinous, cartilaginous, spathulate, yellow to orange (Fig. 1 E). Stipe cylindrical, eccentric, whitish-orange with white base when dry. Margin cylindrical to spathulate-flabelliform, lobed. Hymenophore smooth to sulcate. Hyphae branched, thin-walled, simple-septate, pale yellow. Probasidia of 18.1-21.9 × 3.4-3.9 µm, cylindrical to subclavate, hyaline. Metabasidia bifurcated, 33.2-36.2 × 2.9-3.3 µm. Basidiospores oblong to subcylindrical, hyaline, 8.1-9.5 × 3.8-4.2 µm. Conidia globose to ellipsoid, hyaline, 5.8-6.6 × 3.0-3.2 µm.

Figures

Figure 1. Fresh basidiomata of species as new records for the Department of Tolima. A Basidiomata of Nigelia martialis (ZF 27); B Basidiomata of Macrocybe titans (LRD 150); C Basidiomata of Auricularia fuscosuccinea (LRD 36); D Basidiomata of Protomerulius caryae (LRD 117); E Basidiomata of Dacryopinax spathularia (PXVB 10); F Basidiomata of Cotylidia aurantiaca (LRD 138); G Basidiomata of Gloeoporus thelephoroides (LRD 130); H Basidiomata of Irpex rossettiformis (LRD 145); I Basidiomata of Physisporinus lineatus (ZF 35). Scale bars B, C, G = 5 cm; Scale bars A, D, E, F, H, I = 1 cm. Photos by: Cristian Zambrano (A, D, F, G); Lina Davila (B, C); Paula Villanueva (E, H, I).