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Collections made by Nicholas Wightman

Records: 53

The following is a list of the collections made by Nicholas Wightman in species name order. The records are of species which occur in Rwanda (either as a native/naturalised species or as a cultivated species).

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NoSpeciesRecord dateRecorder(s)Coll.Det.Conf.HerbariaHabitatLocationLoc code Outing codePlanted code Country QDSGrid ref.FZ DivAlt. (m)NotesLatLongLoc Acc Code
120964 Asplenium monanthes13 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW653 KB Vollesen K
 Riverine montane forest Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 1190Zambia0933C4N1893

The collection of this specimen is the first record of the species for Zambia

-9.98957033.3043626
117926 Blepharis buchneri9 May 2020N Wightman
P Sichone
 N Wightman P Sichone NCW299 N Wightman Ruderal grasslands Nsumbu National Park, Nsama Distr., Northern Prov. 1080Zambia0830C2N841

Growing in ruderal sites along roadsides and Nkamba Bay airstrip

-8.62701030.4476806
112314 Blepharis maderaspatensis5 Jun 2020N Wightman
P Sichone
 N Wightman P Sichone NCW392 N Wightman UZL
NDO
 Open patches of Itigi thicket Nsumbu National Park; Nsama Distr., Northern Province 1080Zambia0830C2N883

Growing in small open/deciduous patches within Itigi thicket in sandy loam soil

-8.53495030.4785206
108029 Brachycorythis friesii17 Jan 2020N Wightman
 N Wightman NcW173 N Wightman NDO
NU
 Perennially wet dambo grassland Lubuli area, above Chilongo Falls, Kawambwa Distr., Luapula Province 0Zambia0929D3 N1364

Growing in well drained section of perennially wet dambo grassland in sandy to sandy loam soil

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106292 Brachycorythis pubescens7 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW99 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Large open dambo on Kalaharia sand growing amid grasses, Ascolepis sp. and Syzigium guineense subsp. huillense Very large open dambo border the town of Mufumbwe 580Zambia1324B2 W1152

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106319 Brachycorythis pubescens12 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW127 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NU
 Open wet dambo grassland growing in black muck soil Large wet open dambo c. 86 km E of Solwezi 580Zambia1227A3 W1317

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106168 Brachycorythis pubescens28 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB443 B Bytebier K
 Dambo. Extensive searching revealed only 4 mature/ flowering plants (hence only spirit collection made as voucher and leaf sample taken for DNA extraction). Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Little Chipundo dambo. 116580Zambia1231A3 N1443

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106227 Bulbophyllum expallidum8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3578 B Bytebier K
NU
 Rocky miombo woodland with lots of Xerophyta Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters 580Zambia0930C1 N1636

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106148 Cynorkis debilis26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Mwaba
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Mwaba RB425 B Bytebier K
NDO
 "Among boulders (conglomerate rocks and granite); canopy of Albizia, and large evergreen shrub (sterile, Lauraceae?), mosses and Melastomataceae herb (sterile). Humic soils in shade. 25-35 plants at flowering maturity, plus some in bud and some seed" Inselberg near dambo at Kapishya, metamorphic rocks. 118580Zambia1131A2 N1438

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106253 Cynorkis debilis11 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3606 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 On rocks in shade of trees or in humus below the rocks, next to dambo. D235 road between Samfya and Serenje; at "80 km from Serenje milestone" between Oka Kamwendo and Namutoya.580Zambia1330A1 C1545

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116035 Disa aconitoides subsp. concinna14 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW664 N Wightman K
NDO
 Upland miombo woodland Mafinga Mts., Mafinga Distr., Muchinga Province 1190Zambia0933C4 N1931

Occasional component of woodland understorey growing amongst grasses, sedges and forbs in loam soils.

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106150 Disa erubescens subsp. carsonii26 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Mwaba
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Mwaba RB428 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Sandy peat dambo with fine grasses, sedges and other orchids (small green Habenaria, Platycoryne including RB427).
Ca. 10-15 mature plants seen across dambo (area ca. 250 m x 250 m checked). 		Dambo at Kapishya. 118580Zambia1131A2 N1427

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106223 Disa erubescens subsp. carsonii8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3574 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Wet, grassy seepage dambo. Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters 580Zambia0930C1 N1636

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106174 Disa hircicornis5 Feb 2017MG Bingham
N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 MG Bingham N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB449 B Bytebier K
NDO
 Grass and sedge dominated dambo. Evidence of burning. Some areas wet underfoot. Clumps of Raffia palm at margins with Melastoms and Syzgium. 10 plants seen in flower across wide area, after intensive searching + plus some seedlings resembling this species Chakwenga Headwater/ 80 mile dambo. 171580Zambia1529A1 C1073

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106179 Disa hircicornis4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3535 B Bytebier K
NU
 In full sun at edge of wet dambo. Dambo above falls. 580Zambia1330A2 C1490

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106298 Disa hircicornis9 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW105 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Moist to wet mid ranges of open seepage dambo grassland growing in sandy soil Medium-sized seepage dambo c. 60 km SW of Solwezi 580Zambia1226C1 W1267

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108039 Disa ochrostachya19 Jan 2020N Wightman
 N Wightman NcW190 N Wightman NU
 Perennially wet dambo grassland Chipili area, above Kalonde Falls, Kawambwa Distr., Luapula Province 0Zambia0929D4 N1397

Large open perennially wet dambo grassland growing in black muck soils

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116647 Disperis reichenbachiana24 Feb 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
SD Johnson
 N Wightman B Bytebier SD Johnson BB3686 N Wightman B Bytebier NU
 Escarpment miombo woodland Kapishya Hot Springs Lodge, Shiwa N'gandu Distr., Muchinga Province 1180Zambia1131B1 N1432

Growing in leaf litter over granite boulders

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120975 Elaphoglossum lancifolium15 Jan 2022N Wightman
J Alfonsi
S du Plessis
D du Plessis
C Conradie
N O'Connor
 N Wightman J Alfonsi S du Plessis D du Plessis C Conradie N O'Connor NCW700b KB Vollesen K
 Riverine montane forest Mafinga Mountains, Mafinga District, Muchinga Province 1190Zambia0933C4N1840

-9.99146133.3098416
106214 Eulophia angolensis8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3565 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Wet dambo. Roadside dambo on M3 between Kasama and Luwingu. 580Zambia1030B1 N1233

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106426 Eulophia angolensis10 Oct 2018N Wightman
 N Wightman NCW57B N Wightman B Bytebier NU
 Riverside dambo area under shade of Syzigium sp. along Kalungwishi R. with grasses, Kniphofia grantii, Gladiolus unguiculatus and Eulophia coeloglossa Kalonde Falls, Kawambwa Distr., Luapula Province0Zambia0929D4 N1393

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106228 Eulophia caricifolia9 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3579 B Bytebier K
NU
 Dambo Samda Farm c. 10 km N of Luwingu 580Zambia1029B1 N1402

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106210 Eulophia caricifolia7 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3561 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Grassland at edge of dambo. Upper slopes of riverside dambo grassland beside Lukupa River 580Zambia1031A1 N1333

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106195 Eulophia caricifolia6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3549 P Goldblatt K
NU
 Wet dambo along river. Dambo along the road near the palace of the Chitimukulu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1217

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106283 Eulophia cucullata6 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW89 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NU
 Edge of degraded large dambo growing with Gladiolus sp. and Orthochilus walleri in clay to sandy loam soil Medium to large dambo c. 2.5 km W of M8 and D181 junction 580Zambia1325B2 W1364

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112303 Eulophia horsfallii17 Oct 2018W McCleland
N Wightman
 W McCleland N Wightman NCW75A W McCleland N Wightman NU
 Wet dambo grasslands Chabiilikila area, Mporokoso Distr., Northern Province 0Zambia0929D1 N1223

Growing in riverside grassland edge amidst Pandanus livingstonianus

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112962 Eulophia orthoplectra13 Aug 2020N Wightman
Q Allen
E Banda
B Mwilimu
 N Wightman Q Allen E Banda B Mwilimu NCW395 N Wightman B Bytebier NU
 Miombo woodland Lusaka East Forestry Reserve, Lusaka Distr., Lusaka Province 1470Zambia1528A4 1289

Lightly degraded Brachystegia woodland in compacted sandy loam soil

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118691 Eulophia streptopetala12 Nov 2022N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3744 B Bytebier NDO
NU
 Miombo woodland Mkushi Farming Block, Mkushi Distr., Central Province, Zambia 0Zambia1329D1 C1417

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106242 Habenaria filicornis10 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3593 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Wet dambo. D94 road between Mansa and Samfya. 580Zambia1129A1 N1229

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106161 Habenaria filicornis27 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB439 B Bytebier K
NDO
 "Wet dambo, flooded, grasses, sedges, Xyris, Polygala, small flowered Nymphaea species in ephemeral pools. Few Chikanda orchid species seen- mostly small green flowered Habenaria species. Locally common- several patches in dambos both sides of road." Dambo to side of unpaved road to Shiwa Ngandu. 20 m to right of road (when facing Shiwa House direction) 117580Zambia1131A2 N1469

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106299 Habenaria schimperiana9 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW106 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Moist to very wet lower area of open seepage dambo grassland growing in black muck to peaty soils Medium-sized seepage dambo c. 60 km SW of Solwezi 580Zambia1226C1 W1267

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106158 Habenaria schimperiana27 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB435 B Bytebier K
 Wet dambo, flooded, grasses, sedges, Xyris, Polygala, small flowered Nymphaea species in ephemeral pools. Few Chikanda orchid species seen- mostly small green flowered Habenaria species. Passers-by on bicycles (with umbrellas in the rain) shouting "C Dambo to side of unpaved road to Shiwa Ngandu. 20 m to right of road (when facing Shiwa House direction) 117580Zambia1131A2 N1469

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106310 Habenaria tentaculigera10 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW118 N Wightman B Bytebier K
NDO
 Very large open dambo grassland growing on drier upper slopes in sandy to sandy loam soil Very large open dambo (Muchana dambo) c. 60 km NE of Mwinilunga close to border with DRC 580Zambia1124B3 W1375

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106198 Habenaria welwitschii6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3552 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1230

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112590 Hypoestes forskaolii subsp. forskaolii6 May 2020N Wightman
P Sichone
R Williams
G Phiri
 N Wightman P Sichone R Williams G Phiri NCW264 N Wightman UZL
 Miombo woodland Nsumbu National Park; Nsama Distr., Northern Province 1080Zambia0830C2N980

Growing in miombo woodland in sandy loam soils

-8.65762030.3897106
126252 Ilex mitis var. mitis5 Oct 2024N Wightman
 N Wightman NCW1325 M Garcia K
ZAHBRI
 Riverine forest fringe Zambezi Rapids, c. 5 km N of Kalene Hill, Ikelenge District, North-Western Prov., Zambia 1150Zambia1124A1W1211

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106196 Liparis nervosa6 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3550 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Dambo Luchindasi dambo; chieftainess Mukukamfumu. 580Zambia1031A2 N1228

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106183 Liparis nervosa4 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
 N Wightman B Bytebier BB3539 P Goldblatt K
NDO
NU
 At edge of dambo in full sunlight. Dambo above falls. 580Zambia1330A2 C1490

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114999 Oxalis obliquifolia16 Jan 2021N Wightman
 N Wightman NCW415 N Wightman NDO
 Miombo woodland Lilayi Lodge, Lusaka District, Lusaka 0Zambia1528C2C0

Growing in open patches amid short grasses and amongst rocky outcrops in sandy loam to sandy soil

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112594 Panicum heterostachyum6 May 2020N Wightman
P Sichone
R Williams
G Phiri
 N Wightman P Sichone R Williams G Phiri NCW251 N Wightman UZL
 Itigi thicket Nsumbu National Park; Nsama Distr., Northern Province 1080Zambia0830C2N1070

Growing in dense shade of Itigi thicket in sandy loam to clay loam soils

-8.67139030.3953806
106225 Rangaeris muscicola8 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena BB3576 B Bytebier K
NU
 Rocky miombo woodland with lots of Xerophyta Roadside seepage dambo on D39 near Kalungwishi headwaters 580Zambia0930C1 N1636

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106282 Satyrium amblyosaccos6 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW88 N Wightman K
NDO
 Undisturbed miombo woodland growing with Commelina/em> sp., Cryptolepis/em> and sparse grasses in sandy/rocky soil. Woodland c. 1.5 km N of Kamakunka village 580Zambia1326A1 W1383

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106237 Satyrium amblyosaccos9 Feb 2018N Wightman
B Bytebier
F Llarena
F Chipalo
 N Wightman B Bytebier F Llarena F Chipalo BB3587 B Bytebier K
NDO
NU
 Under Erica bushes at edge of dambo Koshima dambo c. 30 km N of Luwingu 580Zambia0929D1 N1468

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106329 Satyrium amblyosaccos12 Jan 2019N Wightman
I Kabinda
N Ngoma
 N Wightman I Kabinda N Ngoma NcW134 N Wightman K
NU
 Disturbed miombo woodland bordering dambo growing in sandy loam soil Woodland bordering dambo near Chimfunsi Wildlife Orphanage c. 53 km W of Chingola580Zambia1227A4 W1320

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106138 Satyrium amblyosaccos21 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB404 A Beaumont K
 Dambo ca. 0.5 km sq in area. Dry and waterlogged soils present. Associated species include Gladiolus and Commelinus. Kangwena area, Chief Kalilele. 580Zambia1227A1 W1311

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106134 Satyrium amblyosaccos21 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
G Mpatwa
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya G Mpatwa RB407 B Bytebier K
 Dambo ca. 0.5 km sq in area. Dry and waterlogged soils present. Associated species include Gladiolus and Commelinus. Kangwena area, Chief Kalilele. 580Zambia1227A1 W1311

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107830 Satyrium breve18 Dec 2019N Wightman
E Banda
 N Wightman E Banda NcW167 N Wightman K
 Perennial wet dambo grassland Chakwenga Headwaters and Nyabutaye Peat Bog, Rufunsa Distr., Lusaka Province 1710Zambia1529A2 C1082

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108077 Satyrium coriophoroides21 Jan 2020N Wightman
 N Wightman NcW201 N Wightman K
NDO
NU
 Miombo woodland Lumbo Forest Reserve, Kasama Distr., Northern Province 0Zambia1030B2 N1266

Undisturbed miombo woodland growing in sandy loam soil

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106137 Satyrium trinerve23 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya RB412 B Bytebier K
 Peaty dambo, central area water-logged, with surface water.Dambo opposite Chiwolea village, Chief Kabamba area. 580Zambia1330A1 C1311

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106170 Satyrium trinerve28 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
V Kunda
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya V Kunda RB445 B Bytebier K
 "Among tall, waist high, grasses and sedges in central area of dambo on peaty soil pockets, flooded areas but dry underfoot. Ca. 15 mature plants seen, mostly finished flowering." Mutinondo Wilderness Area, Big Chipundo dambo. 116580Zambia1231A3 N1449

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106140 Satyrium trinerve24 Jan 2017N Wightman
RE Bone
K Yokoya
J Hostetter
Bama-Ruben
 N Wightman RE Bone K Yokoya J Hostetter Bama-Ruben RB415 DJ Goyder K
 "Dambo dominated by grasses and sedges, some Xyris and Eulophia latilabris. Only one 1 mature specimen seen (many juvenile plants in the area)." Dambo in Lukupa - Milungu border area near small holding owned by Justin Hostetter and Claire Albrecht. 580Zambia1031A1 N1287

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126268 Tarenna pavettoides subsp. gillmanii5 Oct 2024N Wightman
 N Wightman NCW1314 N Wightman K
ZAHBRI
 Riverine forest fringe Zambezi Rapids, c. 5 km N of Kalene Hill, Ikelenge District, North-Western Prov., Zambia 1150Zambia1124A1W1210

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115542 Thonningia sanguinea3 May 2019N Wightman
J Simbeya
 N Wightman J Simbeya NCW149 N Wightman NDO
 Riverine forest Mumbuluma area, Mporokoso Dist., Northern Province 0Zambia0929D1N1238

Growing in humus rich forest soil parasitising the roots of unknown tree

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