Filed As:

Boletaceae
Boletus pseudosulphureus Kallenb.

All Determinations:

Boletus pseudosulphureus Kallenb. det. R. E. Halling

Location:

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

Collector(s):

R. E. Halling 8141 with B. Buyck, R. Aldana-Gómez, E. Navarro, 07 Jun 2001

Description:

Pileus 8 cm broad, tacky, appressed subfibrillose, sulphur yellow with orange to brownish red stains, also bruising blue. Flesh light yellow, changing to blue slowly when exposed, 2 cm thick. Hymenophore tubulose; tubes yellow (4A6), staining blue; pores concolorous, staining blue when bruised. Stipe 5 x 2.5 cm, equal, tapered at base, dry, subpruinose, bright yellow (3A8), with developing orange stains in situ, bruising blue when bruised, rhubarb red at base, with interior yellow, changing to blue when exposed, apparently with white mycelium at base. Phenology of specimen: Basidiomata.

Habitat:

Submontane cloud forest. Quercus seemannii, Quercus spp. Solitary. On soil.

Other:

Specimen Notes: Additional material: Navarro 2356, 27 July 2000 (INBIO!). Duplicate in USJ

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 00796100
GUID: 6383ab27-efc2-4b86-b90c-ec128aeea0bf

Map:

Coordinates: (8.9261, -82.77)

Distribution:

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