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Rhizopogon Luteolus Luteolus Rhizopogon 3 De 1 Página 20171206/20180103 © Demetrio Merino Alcántara [email protected] Condiciones de uso Rhizopogon luteolus Fr., in Fries & Nordholm, Symb. gasteromyc. (Lund) 1: 5 (1817) 20 mm Rhizopogonaceae, Boletales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi Material estudiado: España, Cádiz, Jerez de la Frontera, Candalo, 30STF7654, 636 m, en suelo bajo Pinus sp., 17-X-2009, leg. Dianora Estrada y De- metrio Merino, JA-CUSSTA: 9069. Marruecos, Tetuan, Beni Leit, Jbel Bouachem-El Mtahene, 30STE7805, 984 m, en suelo bajo Pinus pinaster junto a laguna, 6-XII- 2017, leg. Carmen Morales, Dianora Estrada y Demetrio Merino, JA-CUSSTA: 9070. Descripción macroscópica: Basidiomas de 21-52 x 21-39 mm, semihipogeos, globosos, irregulares, de color pardo amarillento con pocos tonos anaranjados, con cordones miceliares ramificados, de color marrón rojizo, que a veces cubren todo el carpóforo. Gleba amarillenta verdosa de joven, de color pardo amarillento a verdoso oscuro con la edad. Olor inapreciable. Descripción microscópica: Basidios y basidiolos claviformes a piriformes, tetraspóricos, sin fíbula basal. Basidiosporas cilíndricas, hialinas, con una gútula en cada extremo, de (6,8-)7,1-8,3(-9,4) × (2,5-)2,9-3,5(-3,8) µm; Q = (2,0-)2,2-2,7(-3,5); N = 85; Me = 7,7 × 3,2 µm; Qe = 2,4. Peri- dio simple, formado por hifas paralelas con terminaciones celulares himeniformes, septadas y no fibuladas. Rhizopogon luteolus 20171206/20180103 Página 1 de 3 A. Gleba. B. Peridio. Rhizopogon luteolus 20171206/20180103 Página 2 de 3 C. Esporas. Observaciones Rhizopogon roseolus (Corda) Th. Fr. tiene el peridio más rojizo, cordones miceliares limitados a la base, de color blanquecino, la gleba es blanquecina de joven y las esporas son más oblongas (MORENO-ARROYO & al., 2005:260). Otras descripciones y fotografías MORENO-ARROYO B., J. GÓMEZ & E. PULIDO (2005). Tesoros de nuestros montes. Trufas de Andalucía. Consejería de Medio Ambiente. Junta de Andalucía. 352 pp. Córdoba. Pág. 260. Salvo indicación en contrario, las fotos están realizadas por Demetrio Merino. Rhizopogon luteolus 20171206/20180103 Página 3 de 3 .
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