Filed As:

Boletaceae
Tylopilus alkalixanthus Halling & Amtoft ( isotype )

All Determinations:

Tylopilus alkalixanthus Halling & Amtoft det. R. E. Halling

Location:

Costa Rica. Cartago. El Guarco (Canton). Estrella ±5 km E of km 31 of Interamerican Highway, near town of Estrella. Alt. 1685 - 1720 m. (5528 - 5643 ft.)

Collector(s):

R. E. Halling 7685 with , 14 Jun 1996

Description:

Pileus up to 5-6 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, dry, finely subtomentose, light ochraceous buff, cream color, warm buff, even at margin. Flesh white, changing to light pinkish, up to 15 mm thick, with mild odor and with a hint of a bitter taste. Tubes adnexed to deeply depressed, white to off white at first, becoming pinkish vinaceous with age, up to 1 cm long, with pores concolorous, staining brownish. Stipe 6-12 cm long, 10-15 mm thick, ±equal to slightly broader below, dry, even to slightly ridged and streaked, glabrous otherwise, sometimes subpruinose below, ±concolorous with pileus but slightly more yellow with age, staining slightly reddish brown with handling, with interior white, as in pileus, with olive yellow stains in base.

Habitat:

Submontane cloud forest. Quercus oocarpa & Quercus sp. Gregarious. On soil.

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 815166
GUID: cb7cd6e1-0f22-4314-962b-da06ca2fdd54

Map:

Coordinates: (9.7678, -83.9553)

Distribution:

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