Filed As:

Boletaceae
Gyroporus cyanescens (Bull.:Fr.) Quél.
All Determinations:

Gyroporus cyanescens (Bull.:Fr.) Quél. det. R. E. Halling

Location:

United States of America. Maine. Hancock Co. Mt. Desert Island, Long Pond. Alt. 20 m. (66 ft.)
Collector(s):

R. E. Halling 9970 with B. Thiers, 26 Aug 2014
Description:

Pileus (3.5-)4-6 cm broad, dry, plane, appressed and radially fibrillose, nearly squamulose, pale ochraceous, some light blue stains when picked and appearing when bruised. Flesh white, quickly blue, more intense near stipe less so near margin. Tubes adnexed, very pale yellow, cyanescent, with small pores, also cyanescent. Stipe 3.5-7(-8) cm long, up to 2-2.5 cm broad, equal to slightly broader below, dry, with slight annular zone, white to pale ochraceous, staining blue, with interior pithy, becoming chambered, light blue stains above in young basidiome, deeply blue when exposed when mature.
Habitat:

Mixed coniferous forest. Picea sp., Abies fraseri. Scattered. On soil & humus.
GenBank:

MF818174 (atp6)
Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 02072389
GUID: cb227b4c-484e-4354-ba97-d955436bccc0
Map:

Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (44.2935, -68.2541)

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