Filed As:

Boletaceae
Boletus flavoniger Halling, G.M.Muell. & L.D.Gómez ( isotype )

All Determinations:

Retiboletus flavoniger (Halling, G.M.Muell. & L.D.Gómez) Manfr.Binder & Halling det. M. Binder

Boletus flavoniger Halling, G.M.Muell. & L.D.Gómez det. R. E. Halling

Location:

Costa Rica. San José. Dota (Canton). San Gerardo. ±5 km SW of Cerro de la Muerte, Albergue de Montaña, Savegre. Alt. 2200 m. (7218 ft.)

Collector(s):

R. E. Halling 7247 with T. Baroni, 08 Jun 1994

Description:

Pileus 6-8.5 cm broad, convex to plane, dry, matted tomentose, (see dark gray olive colors of previous collections from this locality), in this becoming brownish gray (6E4) with age and exposure. Otherwise, having the bright lemon yellow tubes that stain bronwish orange, the heavily alveolate reticulate stipe that is lemon yellow above, and concolorous with pileus below and yellow at base that stains an orange brown. The flesh is the greenish yellow that develops an orange brown stain with exposure. NH4 (dark brown on yellow part of stipe).

Habitat:

Montane cloud forest. Quercus seemanii. Gregarious. On soil.

Other:

Specimen Notes: Duplicate (Holotype in USJ)

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 334041
GUID: 5d218828-9b46-4e0e-a9c9-09b59874e0ad

Map:

Coordinates: (9.5506, -83.8075)

Distribution:

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