Filed As:

Boletaceae
Boletus flavoniger Halling, G.M.Muell. & L.D.Gómez ( paratype )
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 7134 with G. Mueller, Ana E. Franco-Molano, B. Strack, Mata & L. Umaña, 06 Nov 1993
Description:

Pileus 3.5-7 cm broad, dry, tomentose to matted tomentose, black at first, soon mustard brown (5E6-5) to a light olive brown (4D4); margin incurved, sterile. Odor mild; taste bitter. Flesh vivid yellow (2A8), changing to orange brown in places when exposed, with time becoming dark olivaceous in the stipe. Tubes adnate, <1 cm long, vivid yellow (2A8), changing to orange brown when bruised; pores likewise, <1 mm broad. Stipe 5.5-9 cm long, 2-3.5 cm broad, ±equal to tapering below, often somewhat radicating, dry, alveolate-reticulate, concolorous with lamellae in the upper 1-2 cm, then grading to olivaceous to black below, vivid yellow at base and staining orange brown there. Handling by the base of the stipe stains fingers a dirty yellow. Phenology of specimen: Basidiomata.
Habitat:

Montane cloud forest. Quercus seemanii, Q. copeyensis. Gregarious. On soil.
Other:

Specimen Notes: Duplicate in USJ
Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 334028
GUID: b5820044-2aab-46c3-b98c-352dd88537be
Map:

Coordinates: (9.5506, -83.8075)

Distribution:

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