Filed As:

Boletaceae
Phylloporus purpurellus Singer

All Determinations:

Phylloporus purpurellus Singer det. M. A. Neves

Location:

Costa Rica. Puntarenas. Coto Brus (Canton). Las Mellizas. Finca La Cafrosa, Camino El Portones por El Tajo. Alt. 1500 m. (4921 ft.)

Collector(s):

M. A. Neves 50 with R. E. Halling, T. Osmundson, 12 Jun 2004

Description:

Pileus 2-25 cm, convex to plane, dry with scqales, violet brown (10F4), margins incurved, fienly crenate. Hymenophiore lamnellate, decurrent, bright yellow (3A6), bluing with age, subdistant, with venations; lamellulae presetn. Stipe 1.5-2.5 x 0.4 cm, equal, fienly scaly, brownish (7E4), entire, with yellow basal mycelium. Flesh white yellowish (2A2), blueing at the margins when exposed. Stipe and flesh bluing with ammonia, flesh under pileus turnign pinkish with ammonia. Odor and tate mild.

Habitat:

Montane cloud forest. Quercus seemannii. Solitary. On soil.

Other:

Specimen Notes: Dupliate in USJ

GenBank:

JQ003672 (nrLSU)
JQ003630 (ITS)

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 02861484
GUID: d3f5057d-d02c-4c65-9d4c-d165c15cae48

Map:

Coordinates: (8.9261, -82.77)

Distribution:

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