When: 2008-07-12
Collection location: Lago Agrio, Ecuador [Click for map]
Who: Danny Newman (newmy51)
No herbarium specimen

Notes: Collected near an Amazon Mycorenewal Project test site in Lago Agrio. Specimen not in direct contact with petrochemicals but growing in close proximity to test site.

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Proposed Name		User		Community Vote
Daldinia concentrica (Bolton) Ces. & De Not.		newmy51		81% (1)
Recognized by sight: Concentric circles; purple/wine-colored pore-bearing surface, gratuitous black spores, growing on dead wood, acknowledged as source of medicine by locals.
Daldinia eschscholzii		darv		55% (1)
Recognized by sight: Known in the new world from Texas to Brazil. Used references: Home of the Xylariaceae

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Observation created: Wed Jul 23 21:50:46 -0700 2008
Last modified: Thu Jul 24 07:55:08 -0700 2008
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