Filed As:

Boletaceae
Leccinum monticola Halling & G.M.Muell.
Location:

Costa Rica. San José. Dota (Canton). Summit of Cerro de la Muerte. Alt. 3532 m. (11588 ft.)
Collector(s):

M. A. Neves 70 with Halling, Osmundson, 16 Jun 2004
Description:

Pileus 5.5-13.2 cm, convex, smooth, wet, finely fibrous, orange (6B7, 6C7), margins even, the younger basidiomes present fragments in the pileus surface. Hymenophore poroid, pale yellowish when young (4A3), becoming yellow ochraceous (4B5), tubes pale pinkish (6A2), free. Stipe 9.3-12 x 0.9-1.5-3.3 cm, presents a dark reticulum (8F6), the base is paler with no reticulum, it turns blue (24A5) when bruised. Flesh whitish, turning blue at the stipe when exposed. Odor and tate mild. Digital pictures Tissue in culture. Color codes: Methuen.
Habitat:

Páramo. Chusquea, Vaccinium cnsanguineum, Comarostaphylis arbutoides. soil.
Other:

Specimen Notes: duplicate in USJ
Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 1034493
GUID: 41f4453b-37c1-4f9d-ae51-58d69a8c019f
Map:

Coordinates: (9.55444, -83.755)

Distribution:

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