Leccinum neotropicale Halling

Filed As

Boletaceae
Leccinum neotropicale Halling

Collector(s)

R. E. Halling 7216 with Franco, M. Mata, Baroni, Mueller, Strack, 31 May 1994

Location

Costa Rica. Cartago. El Guarco (Canton). Estrella ±5 km E of km 31 of Interamerican Highway, near town of Estrella.

Habitat

Quercus oocarpa dominant with another Quercus sp. Gregarious. Soil.

Description

Pileus 5-8.5 cm broad, convex, dark reddish brown (8F8), subrugulose, dry, subtomentose, with a slight projecting margin. Flesh white to very pale yellow, not staining with exposure, up to 1 cm thick, with mild odor and taste. Tubes depressed around the stipe, up to 1 cm long, yellow (3A5), becoming mustard yellow (3B6), not staining; pores concolorous, up to 1 mm broad, with some light brown stains. Stipe 7 cm long, 1-1.5 cm broad, clavate, dry, yellow and finely subpruinose at apex, light gray brown (6D5) with some pink tinges when young, more uniformly gray brown and pruinose ridged below; pruina a darker brown; interior white, solid, unchanging, with white basal mycelium.

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 460931

Occurrence ID: 304de4f4-80a9-4823-b7f8-d78cc4525639

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