Elaphoglossum cuspidatum regularly acts as a host plant for a fungal epibiont in Trechisporales that forms a white bloom or crust upon the leaves.
Collection Data (M. Sundue 5076)
Classification & Common Names
- Class: Polypodiopsida
- Family: Dryopteridaceae
- Genus: Elaphoglossum Schott ex J. Sm.
- Species: Elaphoglossum cuspidatum (Willd.) T. Moore
- Var./Subsp.:
- Common name(s):
General Collection Data
- Date: 24-I-2022
- Primary Collector & #: M. Sundue 5076
- Collection Party: Alejandra Vasco - Weston Testo - Sarah Morris - Susana Vega - Jonatan Castro - Verónica Bedoya - Alejandro Marín
- Det. History: M. Sundue
- Habitat: Montane forest
- Habit: Terrestrial
- Specimen Locations: BRIT, F, HUA, JAUM, VT
Additional Comments
Leaves to 1.5 m long, pendent, bearing white spots presumably from fungi in the order Trechisporales.
Collection Location
- Location: Reserva Natural Comunitaria Cerro El Inglés – – El Cairo – Valle del Cauca – Colombia.
- Coordinates: 4.7505, -76.2868
- Elevation: 2087 m
