Tylopilus P.Karst.

Filed As

Boletaceae
Tylopilus

Collector(s)

R. E. Halling 7607 with Ammirati, 04 Jun 1996

Location

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

Habitat

Submontane forest. Quercus oocarpa and Quercus sp. Gregarious. On soil.

Description

Pileus 4-11 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, dry, subtomentose, dark red brown with ruby red (12D-E5) when young,losing the latter color with age and just becoming brown. Flesh white, changing slightly to pinkish, up to 2 cm thick, with mild odor and taste. Tubes adnexed, up to 1 cm deep, white at first becoming pinkish flesh color, staining brown when exposed, with pores concolorous and staining likewise, 2-3 per mm. Stipe 7-10 cm long, 1-2 cm broad, subclavate and pinched at the base, dry, subpruinose, concolorous with pores at apex, ruby red in central portion, pallid below and developing pale olive stains from handling, otherwise with white basal mycelium, with interior as in pileus.

Specimen Notes

Duplicate in INBio or USJ

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 02072556

Occurrence ID: 7158a87c-fb40-4708-9550-6a5d92c9ae17

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