Mushroom Collections

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Termitomyces eurrhizus
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Lyophyllaceae
Common Name: Kabuteng punso

Pileus - 123 mm diameter, initially conical then becomes applanate when mature, upper surface brown, glabrous and smooth surface, margin split when mature, crowded gills

Stipe - 61 mm, central, solid, cylindrical, tapering towards the end

Spores - pink spore print 

Ecology - mutualistic symbiont, present on termite mound or soil with leaf litter, solitary to gregarious

Edibility - edible

Occurrence - Sugpon, Ilocos Sur, Lingap Kalikasan, CLSU Campus

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