Cotylidia aurantiaca (Pat.) A.L. Welden, 1958

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

Cotylidia aurantiaca (Pat.) A.L. Welden, 1958

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: LRD138 ; occurrenceID: 72A354FF-D337-5992-A346-C21AC7128295; 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

Common species in the Neotropics occurring in large numbers on dead wood or in the soil. This is the first record of the species for Tolima.

Diagnosis

Basidiome stipitate, spathulate, solitary or gregarious (Fig. 1 F). Pilear surface velutinous, greyish-yellow, with a lighter area towards the margin. Margin usually fimbriate. Hymenophore smooth, yellow in fresh specimens, but frequently discolouring to yellow-ochre on drying. Stipe variable in size. Hyphal structure monomitic, with generative hyphae simple septate. Cystidia cylindrical to clavate, with slightly thickened walls, 6.4-14.4 μm wide and up to 48 μm long. Basidia with four sterigmata. Basidiospores elliptical, hyaline, thin-walled, 6-7.2 × 2.8-4 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).