Hydropus nigrita (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Singer

de la Fuente, Javier Isaac, García-Jiménez, Jesús, López, Caribell Yuridia, Oros-Ortega, Iván, Vela-Hernández, Reyna Yazuly, Guevara-Guerrero, Gonzalo, Garza Ocañas, Fortunato, Chay Casanova, Jesús Antonio, Ibarra Garibay, León Esteban & Bandala, Victor Manuel, 2020, An annotated checklist of the macrofungi (Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, and Glomeromycota) from Quintana Roo, Mexico, Check List 16 (3), pp. 627-648 : 644

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.3.627
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5468987
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C71A5B-FFC0-D940-B034-AE75BCA1FC0D
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Hydropus nigrita (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Singer
status

Treatment

Hydropus nigrita (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Singer View in CoL

Material studied. MEXICO - Quintana Roo • J.I. de la Fuente 266 ( ITCV); Laguna Guerrero; 18°45′N, 088°11′W; alt. 9 m; 11 Jan. 2017 GoogleMaps .

Habit and habitat. Scattered on fallen logs in lowland forest.

Identification. This species can easily be identified by the olive-greenish pileus with black spots and the cream context that when cut stains black and sometimes exudes a latex-like substance. The material agrees with the description provided by Pegler (1983). The blackening context distinguishes this species from all other tropical Hydropus species.