lterdb86-Fungi of the Greater Antilles

LUQ LTER DATA SETS DOCUMENTATION FORM

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PERSON(S) COMPLETING THIS FORM: E-MAIL ADDRESS:

D. Jean Lodge

djlodge@coqui.net

DATA SET IDENTIFIER: Fungi of the Greater Antilles

PROJECT TITLE: Basidiomycetes of the Greater Antilles, especially the Luquillo LTER site.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The inventory of basidiomycetes of the Greater Antilles, with special emphasis on the Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research Site, was a five year project initiated in 1996 with funding from the USA National Science Foundation's (NSF) Biotic Surveys and Inventories Program. The objective was to survey and inventory all basidiomycetes except rust fungi on the Caribbean islands of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Hispaniola, and Jamaica.

This project will result in a survey and inventory of basidiomycete fungi (excluding rusts and smuts) of Belize and the Dominican Republic with emphasis on the fungi of pine forests. The survey in the Dominican Republic on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola is an extension of work initiated during a previous grant: Basidiomycetes of the Greater Antilles, with special emphasis on the Luquillo LTER site (DEB-9525902, March 1996 to March 2000). Research will concentrate on beneficial symbionts of pine roots, known as ectomycorrhizal fungi. Pine reaches its easternmost extent in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola, where it is the dominant ectomycorrhizal host. The rate of discovery of undescribed agaric fungi (mushrooms) in the Dominican Republic continued to rise throughout the previous study, especially among the ectomycorrhizal symbionts of the endemic pine (Pinus occidentalis). Further sampling will reveal many more species and varieties of agarics that remain to be discovered and described from that island.

LTER CORE AREAS: (Annotate all that apply)

Population Dynamics

LEF LTER 1 RESEARCH TOPIC: (Annotate all that apply)

Biodiversity

We define a data file as a component of a data set. A data set can have only one data file or more. Basically, different data files have different data structures or format.
There are four data files listed below which are based on geography, i.e., DR for Dominican Republic; JAM for Jamaica, PR for Puerto Rico including Mona and Culebra islands, and VI for British and US Virgin Islands.
DATA SET FILES (SUBSETS):

Data File No.	Data File Identifier	On-Line Filename	Starting Date	Periodicity of sample	End Period
1	Dominican Republic Fungi data (DR)	DominicanRepublicFungi.csv *	May 1, 1993	11 trips	August 10, 2001
2	Jamaica Fungi data (JAM)	JamaicaFungi.csv *	September 1, 1996	2 trips	June 6, 1999
3	Puerto Rico Fungi data (PR)	PuertoRicoFungi.csv *	October1, 1983	Weekly to monthly	January 29, 2003
4	Virgin Islands Fungi data (VI)	VirginIslandsFungi.csv *	October 1, 1991	13 trips	October 9, 2001

Note: Due to the extension of the entries in some of these data sets'variables, we provide .csv files to ease portability-May 24, 2004.

RESEARCH LOCATION:
PR: Puerto Rico, esp. Luquillo Experimental Forest; Mona and Culebra Islands.
DR: Dominican Republic, esp. the Central Mountain Range (Cordillera Central)
JAM: Jamaica
VI: Virgin Islands, including St. John USVI; Anguilla, Guana Island, Tortola, and Virgin Gorda, BVI.

INVESTIGATORS:

D. Jean Lodge	djlodge@coqui.net
Timothy J. Baroni	BaroniTJ@snycorva.cortland.edu
Leif Ryvarden	Leif.Ryvarden@bio.uio.no
Karen K. Nakasone	knakasone@fs.fed.us

OTHER RESEARCHERS E-MAIL address

Egon Horak	horak@geobot.umnw.ethz.ch
Orson K. Miller, Jr.	Orsonk@cs.com
Roy Halling	RHalling@NYBG.ORG
Rytas Vilgalys	fungi@acpub.duke.edu
Sharon A. Cantrell	Sharonac@coqui.net
Peter Roberts	P.Roberts@lion.rbgkew.org.uk
Karl-Henrik Larsson	Karl_henrik.larsson@sysbot.gu.se
Julieta Carranza	julietac@cariari.ucr.ac.cr
Omar Paino Perdomo-Sanchez	omar_perdomo@hotmail.com
Angel Nieves Rivera	anieves@coqui.net

The following students and volunteers also assisted with collecting, photographing, and illustrating collections: Ana Arguello-Lopez, Leanne Barley, David Llorens-Rivera, Mayda Serrano, Mirna E. Santana, Nerybelle Perez, Naomi C. Clum, Paula J. Brooks, and Reinaldo Bonilla.

Other mycologists who contributed Records or identifications to the database
(Those listed in bold on the left contributed greatly collections or ID's to the database)

Margaret Barr-Bigelow	Tracey Armstrong
David Boertman	Cathy Aime
Regis Courtecuisse	Carlos Betancourt
Gaston Guzman	Michael Castellano
Sabine M. Huhndorf	Laura Guzm´n-Davalos
Thomas Laessøe	John Haines
Nicholas W. Legon	Richard Hanlin
Andrew Methven	Kathie Hodge
David N. Pegler	Mimi Harrington
Ronald H. Petersen	Pavel Lizon
Hans J. Schroers	Maria P. Martin
Donald Pfister	Juan Luis Mata
Jon Polishook	Kerry O'Donnell
Jack D. Rogers	Greg Mueller
Gary Samuels	Beatriz Ortiz-Santana
Beatice Senn-Irlet	Clark Ovrebo
Brian M. Spooner	Arleen Pérez
Steve Stephenson	Nancy Smith Webber
James Trappe	Joey Spatafora

CONTACT PERSONS E-MAIL address Phone Number (Include area code)

D. Jean Lodge	Djlodge@coqui.net	787-889-7445
Timothy J. Baroni	BaroniTJ@snycorva.cortland.edu	607-753-2725

SOURCE OF FUNDING (SPONSOR): The primary support for this research was an NSF-Biotic Surveys & Inventories grant DEB-95-25902 to The Research Foundation of SUNY, Cortland (1 April 1996 to 29 March 2001); and The Center for Forest Mycology Research, Forest Products Laboratory, USDA Forest Service. Additional support was provided by the NSF Long-Term Ecological Research grant BSR-8811902 to the University of Puerto Rico and the USDA Forest Service International Institute of Tropical Forestry; and the Washington Office of the USDA Forest Service in support of a National Research Council post-doctoral student. In the Virgin Islands, food and lodging was provided by the Falconwood Foundation and the Conservation Agency for collecting on Guana and Tortola Islands, BVI. Part of our lodging for collecting trips on St. John, USVI was provided by the Maho Bay Campground and The US Geological Service at the Biosphere Reserve, while some of our food was provided by the Maho Bay Campground, the USVI chapter of the National Audubon Society, and the Cinnamon Bay Campground. A reconnaissance and collecting trip to Jamaica was funded by International Forestry, International Institute of Forestry, USDA Forest Service. Part of our housing and transportation in the Dominican Republic was provided by Fundacón Moscoso Puello and the family of Andrés Ferrer, Fundación Progresio, and Fudación Plan Sierra.

DATA SET ABSTRACT: Over 20 researchers and cooperators were enlisted to produce a survey of the basidiomycetes of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, and Jamaica. This included all basidiomycetes except rusts and smuts. These islands in the Greater Antilles were chosen for this survey for several reasons. There was previously very limited documentation on macrobasidiomycete diversity for these islands, although recent studies had shown that at least 15% of the species were undescribed. This project complemented previous and ongoing surveys in Mexico, Costa Rica, and Venezuela. The information gained from this project will ultimately help us to understand differences in colonization and rates of speciation among different groups of basidiomycetes in island chains. The investigators in this project discovered at least 75 new species and varieties so far, as well as several new genera (Pegler et al. 1998; Samuels & Lodge 1996) and one possible new family or order (see 'Aliens' under GENUS). Various cooperators have graciously provided identification of ascomycetes, myxomycetes, and mitosporic fungi, which are also included in the database.

DATA SET METHODS: The data contained here include all those in the database of the Center for Forest Mycology Research, USDA-Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, PO Box 1377, Luquillo, PR 00773, including basidiomycetes, ascomycetes, hyphomycetes, myxomycetes, and a few VA mycorrhizal fungi and water molds. The collections from October 1983-1993 were logged into the database with funds from a supplement grant to the LUQ-LTER site for herbarium improvement. A few of the records are from publications of our collaborators. This version was produced 1 March 2001. It is not completely free of errors. Some of the identifications are field determinations, and these are usually marked with "cf." after the name.

Macroscopic features

Most of the basidiomycete and macro-ascomycete collections were annotated and photographed and/or drawn when fresh, then dried on low heat (35 C). Existence of photographs is usually recorded in the PHOTOS field, Scanned photos (JPEG) will be e-mailed upon request. Over 300 photographs are presented on the project's web site at SUNY CORTLAND: http://www.cortland.edu/nsf/ga.html. Capitalized color names are from Ridgway as reproduced by Smithe (1975).

Microscopic features

Microstructures were studied using hand-cut sections mounted in aqueous 3% KOH or Melzer's reagent after rehydration in 70% alcohol. The spore dimensions recorded in the NOTES field are based upon 10-20 spores. Spore measurements of basidiomycetes made at CFMR may be 0.5-1 µm longer than the actual spore because the apiculus was included. Amyloid reactions may be listed as 'J+' for ascomycetes annotated by Sabine Huhndorf.

Systematics

The FAMILY name that is listed first for each collection is generally from the 8th edition of Ainseworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi (Hawksworth et al. 1995). The placement of a few ascomycetes is according to M. Barr -Bigelow and S. Huhndorf, while some recent molecular advancements in systematics of basidiomycetes in the Agaricales (Moncalvo et al. 2000, Thorn et al. 2000) were also incorporated.

This database is a working tool rather than an authoritative reference for names, so emphasis has been placed on having related species appear together. TO FIND SYNONYMS AND ACCEPTED NAMES, see the CABI Bioscience: http://194.131.255.3/cabipages. Recombinations are often made piecemeal, covering some but not all species belonging to a genus. Consequently, some of the GENUS-SPECIES combinations that appear in this database may not have been published as yet (e.g., Cuphophyllus buccinulus and C. ferrugineoalbus), in which case, look for 'ined.' after the AUTHORITY. Note that with regard to GENUS in the database: all species of Hygrocybe previously assigned to Camarophyllus are listed under Cuphophyllus; the Purae/Ianthinae group has not yet been changed to reflect the transfer from the genus Mycena to the genus Prunulus; most of the Collybia spp. have not been changed to the segregate genera; all species of Pouzaromyces are listed under Pouzarella; and Inopilus has not been changed to Inocephalus. Species of Entoloma sensu lato that have been identified are usually listed under the segragate genera (Alboleptonia, Eccilia, Entoloma, Inopilus, Leptonia, and Nolanea). In some records, 'Entoloma' is enclosed in single quotes followed by the segragate genus in parenthases. Refer also to comments below on "searching by FAMILY or GENUS".

HOW TO SEARCH FOR RECORDS

The data in each geographically delimited file are sorted by GENUS, SPECIES, and VARIETY, in this order. Some collections have not yet been identified beyond group or family; these appear at the front of each data file.

If you do not find a particular GENUS-SPECIES combination in the alphabetical listing, you will need to look under an alternative genus, species synonym, or download the ascii file into a database and use the 'find' function. The most effective method for searching is to use a combined search for 'FAMILY contains ___', and 'SPECIES contains ___', leaving off the last few letters of the species name. TO FIND SYNONYMS AND ACCEPTED NAMES, check the CABI Bioscience website at: http://194.131.255.3/cabipages.

Searching by FAMILY and GENUS is often complicated by the frequent inclusion of two or three names in the same field. For example, the family for Antrodia spp. is listed as Coriolaceae/Polyporaceae, and the family for Lentinus spp. as Lentinaceae/Polyporaceae. The preferred name is generally listed first. If you don't find the genus you are looking for, try looking under an alternative genus or download the file. If you need to search by a GENUS that may not be the first one listed or by a FAMILY, GROUP, or CATEGORY, or you will need to download the ascii file into a database program and use it's sort and search functions. In general, it is better to use a find function with the following format: "Field Contains ___". Note that not all records have been classified into CATEGORIES, and that RUST fungi have not yet been transferred to the GROUP Heterobasidiomycetes, and they are instead listed as Miscellaneous Basidiomycetes.

For searching by GROUP or CATEGORY see the list of values under VARIABLES below.

"GENUS" in quotation marks indicates that the species has been inappropriately classified in this genus, but the best of the published names at the moment. Often, this is followed by (GENUS), which indicates where the species should probably be placed. The quotation marks do not affect the alphabetical sorting.

Additional Information for Using this Database

'SPECIES' or 'VARIETY' names in single quotes usually indicate a nom. prov. (i.e., sp. nov., var. nov., or comb. nov.) that has not yet been published or is in press. An indication of the status can be found after the species name or after the AUTHORITY, or in the field NOV.

The name(s) in the AUTHORITY field corresponds to the combination of the first genus and species listed.

Collection and collector numbers

There are often several numbers associated with each record, and one or both are reported in publications. Each collection within a file has been assigned a unique database number under COLLECTION NUMBER, and this number preceded by the 2-3 letter COUNTRY CODE or ISLAND CODE (the latter in the case of the VI file) forms a unique identifier. If there is a collector number, it is located in the ALTERNATE NUMBER field. A second unique identifier is formed by the combination of the person's name (or their initials) in the ALTERNATE LEDGER field followed by the ALTERNATE NUMBER if the collector number represents an entry in a ledger book rather than a daily or trip number. Note that the person referred to in ALTERNATE LEDGER is not necessarily the same as the COLLECTOR because specimens were often exchanged among experts after returning from the field. In a few cases of collections made before 1994 (when the electronic database was established), the same collection number was accidentally assigned to two different collections. In this case, one of the records was reassigned a new COLLECTION NUMBER, or a decimal was added to the collection number if both of the collections had already been described in publications or deposited in other herbaria. If a collection number has been changed, the previous collection number will appear in the ALTERNATE NUMBER field.

USING THE NOTES FIELD

In general, full descriptions are entered only for collections that were logged in at CFMR-PR. If you are searching for records of an unknown. SPECIES with particular characteristics, you can download the ascii file and search the NOTES field for collections that were logged in at CFMR-PR. For example, you could search for all Mycena with yellow (yll.) or orange (or.) in the description. Refer to the abbreviations used in NOTES in the following table.

ABBREVIATIONS. To save space, we often use the following abbreviations in the NOTES field:

yellow	yll.	broad or broadly	br.
orange	or.	slight or slightly	sl.
brown	brn.	diameter	diam.
black	blk.	circa, near	ca.
white	wht.	at	@
small	sm.	center	cntr.
large	lrg.	accompanied	accomp.
membranous	membr.	with	w/
infundibuliform	Infundib.	more or less	+/-, ±
lamellae	lam.

COLOR NAMES
Most of the colors that were recorded at CFMR-PR were compared to Smithe (1975), which is a reproduction of some of the Ridgway colors. A table with the Hamley notation of the color and hue of the Smithe guide swatch, the original Ridgway name, the Hamley notation for the original Ridgway color, and a general description of the color are given in the table below. The color names are alphabetized by the name used in Smithe, with the modifiers (Light and Dark) moved to the end and separated by a comma. (View Colors)

Smithe Color Name	Hamley Not. for Smithe	Ridgway Name	Hamley Not. for Ridgeway	Descriptive Name
		Ivory	1-9 Y 8-10/2-4.5	Pale Yellow
		Maize Yellow	1-7 Y 8-10/5-8	Light buffy yellow
		Ivory Yellow=Ivory	1Y-7Y 8-10/2-5	pale yellow
		Shell Pink	5 R -5 YR 8/2	Pale Yellowish Pink, Greyish Yellowish Pink
Amber	5.1 YR 3.97/7.3	Amber Brown	5.8 YR 4.1/6.0	Strong Brown
Beige	4.6 YR 6.84/3.2		????	Moderate Yellowish Pink
Blackish Neutral Gray	N 2.62/	Blackish Slate, Dusky Neutral Gray	N 2.5 to 2.0
Blue Black	3.7 PB 2.56/3.4			Dark Blue
Brussles Brown	6.2 YR 4.15/4.2	Brussels Brown	3 YR-8 YR 4/4	Moderate Brown
Buff (124)	0.9 Y 7.77/5.5			Light Yellowish Brown
Buff (24)	0.7 Y 5.98/7.4	Ochraceous Buff	9.6 YR 6.7/6.6	Light Yellowish Brown
Burnt Umber	2.5 YR 3.0/2.5	Burnt Umber	2.0 YR 3.2/2.4	Grayish reddish brown
Chamoise	1.5 Y 8.30/5.5	Chamoise	1-7Y 6.5-8/6-8	Moderate Yll.,lite ochre yll.
Cinnamon (123 A)	8.8 YR 5.36/6.0	Cinnamon	7.0 YR 5.8/5.7	Dark Orange Yellow
Cinnamon (39)	8.1 YR 6.04/6.0	Cinnamon	7.0 YR 5.8/5.7	LIght Yellowish Brown
Clay Color (123 B)	9.6 yr 6.44/7.5			Dark orange yellow
Clay Color (26)	9.3 YR 5.51/5.1	Clay Color	9.2 YR 5.7/5.8	Moderate Yellowish Brown
Cream Color	3.4 Y 8.40/4.2	Cream Color	4.3 Y 8.2/3.7	Pale Yellow
Dark Drab	0.5 Y 4.23/2.6			Grayish Yellowish Brown
Dark Yellow (88)	1Y-7Y 5.5-6.5/5-8			Yellow with black
Drab	9.1 YR 5.44/2.8	Drab	8.8 YR 5.1/2.1	Grayish Yellowish Brown
Drab Gray	0.6 Y 6.82/2.4			LIght Grayish Yellowish Brown
Fawn Color	7.5 YR 5.10/3.2	Wood Brown	7.6 YR 6.0/3.0	Light Pinkish Drab Brown
Flaxflower Blue	6.6 PB 6.06/7.4	Flaxflower Blue	7-9 PB 4.5-10/8.5-12.5	Light Purplish Blue
Flesh Color	0.8 YR 6.95/5.9	Flesh Color	2.5 YR 6.9/6.4	Moderate Yellowish Pink
Fuscous = Fuscous Brown	5.0 YR 3.04/1.5	Dusky Drab	5.0 YR 3.5/1.0	Grayish Brown
Glaucous (Gray, 79)	5.0 Y 4.98/1.0	Glaucous-Gray	4.6 B 6.4/0.6	Light Olive Gray
Glaucous (Gray, 80)	6.5 Y 5.90/1.2	Glaucous	8.9 GY 7.6/1.9	Medium gray with yellow brown
Gray Yellow Brown (80)	8YR-1Y 5.5-7.5/1.5-3
Hair Brown	9.9 Y 3.25/2.0	Hair Brown	1-8 YR 2.5-4.5/0.5-1.25	Brownish gray
Indigo	5.0 PB 3.14/3.0	Indigo Blue	5.0 PB 3.0/3.0	Grayish Blue
Indigo Blue	7.3 PB 2.00/4.5			Grayish purplish blue
Light Drab (119C)	0.9 Y 5.83/2.5	Light Drab	8YR-1Y 5.5-7.5/1.5-2.5	Light grayish yellowish brown
Lilac (76)	4.0 P 6.90/5.0	Lilac	5.4 P 6.6/6.6	Light purple
Mars Brown	4.7 YR 3.30/4.0	Mars Brown		Med-dark yellow brown
Mauve (75)	4.3 P 5.14/7.4	Mauve	3.5 P 5.4/9.5	Moderate purple
Mikado Brown (121C)	7.4 YR 4.85/5.2	Mikado Brown		Light pinkish brown
Natal Brown	5.2 YR 3.61/2.6	Natal Brown	3YR-8YR 2.5-4.5/1.5-2.5	Med-dark gray brown
Neutral Gray, Dark	N 4.04/	Slate Gray, Deep Neutral Gray	N 4.0	Dark gray
Neutral Gray, Light	N 6.01/	Gull Gray, Pale Neutral Gray	N 6.0	Light gray
Neutral Gray, Medium	N 4.90/	Dark Gull Gray, Neutral gray	N 5.0	Medium gray
Neutral Gray, Pale	N 7.41/	Light Gull Gray, Pallid Neutral Gray	N 6.5	Pale gray
Olive Brown (28)	9.9 yr 3.91/2.1	Sepia	10.0 YR 3.5/2.4	Grayish yellowish brown
Orange Yellow	9.9 YR 7.80/13.5	Cadmium Yellow	9.5 YR 6.9/12.2	Strong orange yellow
Pale Horn Color	2.5 Y 8.08/3.5			Pale yellow
Pale Pinkish Buff	8.8 YR 7.55/4.3	Pale Pinkish Buff	7YR-1Y 7.5-10/3-6	Pale yellow flesh color
Pale Yellow Brown			8 YR-1Y 6.5/2	Light Grayish Yellowish Brown
Peach Red Color			7R-2 YR 6/8	Moderate Reddish Orange
Plumbeous (Gray, 78)	4.5 PB 4.00/1.5	Plumbeous	7.5 PB 5.8/1.3	Dark bluish gray
Plumbeous (medium, 87)	0.3 PB 4.67/0.8			Bluish gray
Pratt's Rufus (140)	0.8 YR 4.55/9.2			Moderate reddish orange
Prouts Brown	6.8 YR 3.40/3.3	Prouts Brown	6.5-6.8YR 3.5-4.2/2.8-3.8	Med-dark pinkish brown
Purple Black			9P-3RP 3/5	Dark Reddish Purple
Purple Black, Deep			9P-3RP 1/4	Very dark reddish purple
Raw Umber (123)	0.4 Y 4.45/4.4			Moderate yellowish brown
Raw Umber (223)	5.6 YR 2.93/2.2			Dark gray pinkish brown
Raw Umber (23)	7.5 YR 3.5/3.0	Prout's Brown	6.5 YR 3.5/2.8	Moderate brown
Russet (34)	4.8 YR 4.05/3.8	Russet	5.0 YR 3.8/4.0	Moderate brown
Russet Vinaceous, Light	1.0 YR 6.16/4.9	Light Russet Vinaceous	8R-3YR 4.5-6.5/2.5-4.5	Light pinkish brown
Salmon Color (106)	1.9 YR 6.84/8.9	Salmon Color		Strong yellowish pink
Salmon Color (6)	5.0 YR 6.90/6.0	Salmon Color	4.0 YR 7.1/5.6	Moderate yellowish pink
Sayal Brown (223C)	8.2 YR 5.63/4.6	Sayal Brown		Light yellowish brown
Sepia (119)	8.8 YR 2.20/0.5	Sepia		Dark grayish yellowish brown
Sepia ( 219)	4.9 YR 2.72/1.4	Sepia		Brownish gray
Straw Yellow	5.0 Y 7.94/6.2	Straw Yellow	5.7 Y 8.2/5.0	Moderate yellow
Tawny Olive	9.6 YR 6.71/4.5	Tawny Olive		Light yellowish brown
True Cinnamon	5.0 YR 5.18/5.4			LIght reddish brown
Vandyke Brown (121)	8.5 YR 3.01/1.4	Van Dyke Brown		Dark grayish yellowish brown
Vandyke Brown (221)	3.3 y 2.89/1.1			Brownish gray
Verona Brown(223B)	6.3 YR 4.09/4.5	Verona Brown		Moderate brown
Vinaceous	2.5 R 6.15/7.1	Vinaceous	2.5R-10RP 6.4-6.5/4.8-7.0	Deep wine pink
Vinaceous Pink (221C)	0.3 YR 5.08/5.2	Pinkish Vinaceous	6R-7YR 6.5-8/3-7	Pink with a purple tint

REFERENCES (for methods):

Hawksworth, D.L., Kirk, P.M., Sutton, B.C. and Pegler, D.N. (1995) Ainsworth & Bisby's Dictionary of the Fungi, 8^th edn. International Mycological Institute, CAB International, Egham, UK, 616 pp.

Lodge, D. J., Baroni, T. J., and Cantrell, S. A. 2001. Basidiomycetes of the Greater Antilles project. In: British Mycological Society: Tropical Mycology Symposium. R. Watling, C. Robinson and J.C. Frankland, eds. [In Press].

Moncalvo, J.-M., Lutzoni, F.M., Rehner, S.A., Johnson, J. and Vilgalys, R. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships of agaric fungi based on large subunit ribosomal DNA sequences. Systematic Biology 49: 278-305.

Thorn, R.G., J.-M. Moncalvo, C.A. Reddy & R. Vilgalys. 2000. Phylogenetic analyses and the distribution of nematophagy support a monophyletic Pleurotaeae within the polyphyletic pleurotoid-lentinoid fungi. Mycologia 92: 241-252.

Smithe, F.B. 1975. Naturalist's Color Guide. Part I, the Color Guide. The American Museum of Natural History. New York. 29 pp.

CROSS-REFERENCES (other data sets related to this one): Big grid

SAMPLE LOCATION : Specimens have been deposited in recognized herbaria after determination, except for a reference collection held at the Center for Forest Mycology Research (designated CFMR-PR), Sabana Field Research Station, Luquillo, PR 00773-1377 (PO Box 1377). Location of deposited collections is given in the DEPOSITED field according to the established official herbarium codes. If the data base says CFMR (without -PR), it is deposited at the Center for Forest Mycology Research, Forest Products Laboratory, USDA Forest Service, Madison, WI 53705 USA. If no information is given under DEPOSITED, the collection is still being processed at CFMR in Puerto Rico, at the home institution of the person in the ALTERNATE LEDGER field or the COLLECTOR, or it is out on loan for determination. Loan information has not been included in the online database. If no herbaria are listed in the DEPOSITED field for a collection you would like to borrow, contact djlodge@coqui net to inquire.

STORAGE SITES (of data files):

C/O Dr. D. Jean Lodge, CFMR-PR, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab, Sabana Field Research Station (original notes, hard copies of datatabase prinouts, electronic database, and backups).

C/O Dr. Timothy J. Baroni, Dept. of Biological Sciences, SUNY Cortland, PO Box 2000, Cortland, NY 13045 (hard copies and electronic database).

C/O Dr. Karen Nakasone, CFMR, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI 53705-2398 (hard copies and electronic database).

LUQ-LTER Data Manager's office, Fecundo Bueso Annex, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, PR (electronic database)

LTER Network office, currently at Univ. of New Mexico, Albequerque, New Mexico, USA (electronic database).

In addition, database records up to April 2000 were provided to the DARWIN PROJECT - Fungi of the Caribbean Database, which is currently under construction in Kew, England (http://www.biodiversity.ac.psiweb.com). All records from the Caribbean including ours will also appear in book form in late 2001.

INVESTIGATOR'S ASSIGNED KEYWORDS: Agaricales, Apyllophorales, Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes, Heterobasidiomycetes, Jelly Fungi, Fungi, Mitosporic fungi, Slime Molds; Greater Antilles, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Guana Island, Mona Island, Tortola, St. John, Virgin Gorda.

LEF LTER OFFICIAL KEYWORDS (See table): OTHER PLOTS, OTHER ECOSYSTEM, FUNGI, VAM, PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL

PUBLICATIONS:

Armstrong, T. R. and T. J. Baroni. 2000. Basidiomycetes from the Cordillera Central, Republica Dominicana. 2000 Annual Meeting of the Mycological Society of America, July 29 - August 3, 2000, Burlington, VT. Program p. 24.

Baroni, T. J. 1999. Rhodocybe pegleri sp. nov. with notes on Rhodocybe pseudonitellina from East Africa. Kew Bull. 54:777-782.

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