Boletus flavoruber Halling & M.Mata

  • Filed As

    Boletaceae
    Boletus flavoruber Halling & M.Mata

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 7623 with Halling, Ammirati, J. Torres, 05 Jun 1996

  • Location

    Costa Rica. San José. Dota (Canton). Jardín. ±3.5 km W of Interamerican Highway at Empalme.

  • Habitat

    Quercus copeyensis, Q. seemannii, & Quercus sp. gregarious. soil.

  • Description

    Pileus 3.5-6.5 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, dry, matted subtomentose, dull yellow with splashes of red or red overtones. Flesh up to 2 cm thick, yellow and cyanescent then white with pale blue, with mild odor and taste. Tubes adnate, shallow (4 mm long), yellow and cyanescent, with red, cyanescent pores, 2-3 per mm. Stipe 6-8 cm long, 10-23 mm thick, subclavate and usually pinched at the base, reticulate at upper 1 cm, subpruinose streaked below, yellow at apex, red below to rhubarb red at base, with yellow basal mycelium, with interior bright yellow and cyanescent. See Halling 7599.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 817329

    Occurrence ID: fbe91554-9e27-45b0-b896-fd142c9c8002

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  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • State/Province

    San José

  • County/Municipio

    Dota (Canton)

  • City/Township

    Jardín

  • Locality

    ±3.5 km W of Interamerican Highway at Empalme

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2220 m. (7283 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    9.71444, -83.9744

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