Tylopilus bulbosus Halling & G.M.Muell.

Filed As

Boletaceae
Tylopilus bulbosus Halling & G.M.Muell.

Collector(s)

R. E. Halling 7366 with Mueller & Strack, 16 Oct 1994

Location

Costa Rica. San José. Dota (Canton). San Gerardo. ±5 km SW of Cerro de la Muerte, Albergue de Montaña, Savegre.

Habitat

Montane cloud forest. Quercus copeyensis, Q. seemannii. Gregarious. On soil.

Description

Pileus 7-9 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, dry, matted tomentose, dark brown (6-7F8) with decided violet to violet brown tones near margin, that color soon disappearing, with beveled margin. Flesh white, changing to pale pinkish brown, up to 1.5 cm thick, with pungent but not idiosyncratic odor and mild taste. Tubes adnate to depressed around stipe, up to 1.5 cm deep, nearest yellowish white (4A2) at first, becoming pinkish flesh color (6B3), with pores having a decided rosy pink cast at first, remaining pink and becoming concolorous with tubes, staining brown when injured. Stipe 8-12 cm long, 1.5 cm broad, clavate, up to 3 cm broad at base, rarely strict, usually curved, dry, dark brown (as in pileus) but usually somewhat paler at apex, white at the base, reticulate at the very apex only, with obscure uncommon ridges below, otherwise densely subpruinose to short subtomentose, interior white with olive colors in the base, otherwise staining as in pileus flesh.

Notes (shown on label)

cfr. Halling 7193, 7362.

Collection Notes

cfr. Halling 7193, 7362

Specimen Notes

Duplicate in USJ

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 560930

Occurrence ID: e5981653-a35e-4595-a7b9-4238a5d38a1d

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