Boletus neoregius Halling & G.M.Muell.

  • Filed As

    Boletaceae
    Boletus neoregius Halling & G.M.Muell.

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 7560 with J. Torres, 26 May 1996

  • Location

    Costa Rica. San Jose, Dota, Jardin, Roughly 3.5 km W of Interamerican Highway at El Empalme.

  • Habitat

    Quercus seemanii and Q. copeyensis/costaricensis. Solitary. Soil.

  • Description

    Pileus 8 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, dry, subtomentose, red at first, fading to a pale olivaceous with red overtones (washed out in rain?), NH4 (-). Flesh 2 cm thick, yellow, cyanescent, with mild odor and taste. Tubes depressed around the stipe, yellow (2-3A5), cyanescent, 1 cm long, with pores concolorous, cyanescent, <= 2 per mm. Stipe 11 cm x 1.5 cm, subclavate, dry, glabrous, bright yellow at apex, with red developing toward base, obscurely reticulate ridges (not a true reticulum), white mycelium at base, with interior yellow and cyanescent.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 334026

    Occurrence ID: 0561d150-ab29-4876-96e1-c0e23c9eba74

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  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • Locality

    San Jose, Dota, Jardin, Roughly 3.5 km W of Interamerican Highway at El Empalme.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2200 m. (7218 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    9.7144, -83.9744

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