Boletellus ananas (M.A.Curtis) Murrill

Filed As

Boletaceae
Boletellus ananas (M.A.Curtis) Murrill

Collector(s)

R. E. Halling 7604 with Ammirati, 04 Jun 1996

Location

Costa Rica. Cartago. El Guarco (Canton). Estrella ±5 km E of km 31 of Interamerican Highway, near town of Estrella.

Habitat

Quercus oocarpa & Quercus sp. Gregarious. On soil.

Description

Pileus 4-6 cm broad, convex, dry, appressed squamulose at first, becoming, areolate squamulose with erect ±pyramidal squamules on disc and suberect squamules toward margin, dull red (10B4), fading to a dull tan with age, with appendiculate veil remains at margin. Flesh white to pale yellow up to 2 cm thick, changing to blue when exposed, with pungent odor and mild taste. Tubes deeply depressed around stipe, up to 15 mm long, yellow (3A8) changing to blue when exposed, with pores concolorous and bluing, <= 1 mm broad. Stipe 6-15 cm long, 10-15 mm broad, ±equal to somewhat broader at base, concolorous with tubes at apex, with a red band below that, then white toward base, finely fibrillose above, fibrillose striate below, with interior white to pale yellow, cyanescent. Phenology of specimen: Basidiomata.

Notes (shown on label)

See notes in box

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 75260

Occurrence ID: 05be8ce0-1afa-4f74-9617-816e86119653

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