Boletus sp.

  • Filed As

    Boletaceae
    Boletus sp.

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 7549 with G. Mueller, M. Mata, B. Strack, C. Cano, 23 May 1996

  • Location

    Costa Rica. Guanacaste. 30 km N of Liberia (3 km S of road to Santa Rosa) Area de Conservacion Guanacaste. Finca Jenny.

  • Habitat

    tropical dry forest. Quercus oleoides. Gregarious. On soil.

  • Description

    Pileus 6.5-8 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, dry, subtomentose ±overall, becoming finely areolate toward the margin, cinnamon brown (6D-E7-6), NH4 (lilac around drop). Flesh yellow (2A6), changing irregularly to blue only over stipe apex and at one or two spots over tubes, with mild odor and taste. Tubes adnexed to depressed around the stipe, yellow (3A5), cyanescent, 1 cm long, with tubes concolorous, cyanescent, <=1 mm broad. Stipe 8-8.5 cm long, 12 mm broad, ±equal, dry, reticulate nearly to base, lemon yellow above (2-3A6) nearly overall, developing rhubarb red colors toward base, with white mycelium at base, with interior yellow above, rhubarb red below, cyanescent.

  • Specimen Notes

    Duplicate in USJ

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02861447

    Occurrence ID: 073f9e92-9511-4c0c-916c-44821235ee3a

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  • Kingdom

    Fungi

  • Division

    Basidiomycota

  • Family

    Boletaceae

  • All Determinations

    Boletus sp. det R. E. Halling

  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • State/Province

    Guanacaste

  • Locality

    30 km N of Liberia (3 km S of road to Santa Rosa) Area de Conservacion Guanacaste. Finca Jenny.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 250 m. (820 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    10.87, -85.58

  • Georeferencing Method

    GPS.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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