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Nomenclature

Lactarius pulchrispermus Verbeken
Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 65: 205. 1996.

Original diagnosis

Pileus 1.2-3.5(5.5) cm diam., tenellus, planoconvexus ad applanatus, tum leviter depressus, interdum papillatus, interdum asymmetricus; margine recto ad crenulato, striato; pileipellis laevis ad leviter velutina, in centro leviter squamulosa, pallide aurantia ad griseo-aurantia, brunnea ad pallide brunnea, hygrophanea. Stipes excentricus, 1-5 cm longus, 0.2-0.7 cm crassus, cylindratus, basin versus attenuatus, laevis, pallide brunneus ad griseo-aurantius, fistulosus. Lamellae adnatae ad subdecurrentes, confertae, 1-4 mm latae, tenues, pallide brunneae. Contextu tenuis, cremeus ad brunneus, griseosalmonescens, gustu mitis ad acris vel menthoides. Latex non abundans, albus, brunnescens, gustu mitis vel acris. Sporae pallide brunneae in cumulo, globosae ad subglobosae, 7.5-8.0-8.5 x 7.1-7.6-8.0 µm, zebroideae, alatae, cristis usque ad 2 µm. altis ornatae; macula suprahilaris amyloidea. Basidia 45-55 x 10-13 µm, subclavata, tetraspora. Macropleurocystidia abundantia, 60-85 x 10-12 µm, cylindrata ad fusiformia, obtusa, pariete tenui. Pseudopleurocystidia abundantia, emergentia, 2-3 µm diam., cylindrata vel tortuosa, ramosa. Pileipellis trichoderma; cellulae terminales (20)40-70(90) x 6-15 µm, cylindratae, clavatae vel fusiformes, pariete leviter incrassato. Holotypus: Verbeken 94.554 (BR, isotypus GENT), Burundi, Bururi Prov., Nyamirambo, Rumonge Forest Reserve, 850-950 m alt., miombo woodland dominated by Brachystegia utilis, iv 1994.

Typification

Holotypus: A. Verbeken 94.554 (BR)
Africa: Burundi: Rumonge Forest Reserve, Nyamirambo hill
miombo woodland

Published type studies: Verbeken et al., Syst. Geogr. Pl. 70: 201 (2000).

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