Filed As:

Boletaceae
Phylloporus centroamericanus Singer & L.D.Gómez

All Determinations:

Phylloporus centroamericanus Singer & 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 7781 with R.H. Petersen, J. Cifuentes, J. L. Mata, 28 Jun 1998

Description:

Pileus 3-4 cm broad, plano-convex to plane, dry, tomentose, brown to pale brown, blue green with NH4. Flesh white to pale pinkish, unchanging, with mild odor and taste. Lamellae decurrent, subdistant, yellow, unchanging when bruised, with even edges. Stipe 3-5 cm long, 5-8 mm broad, equal to tapering downward, dry, white above, brown below with a brown pruina, with white basal mycelium. Interior white to brown, unchanging, solid.

Habitat:

Montane cloud forest. Quercus seemannii, Q. copeyensis. Gregarious. On soil.

Other:

Specimen Notes: Duplicate in USJ

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 237225
GUID: b2576427-7e1b-471a-a714-149ea9a8913f

Map:

Coordinates: (9.5506, -83.8075)

Distribution:

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