Boletus vermiculosus Peck

  • Filed As

    Boletaceae
    Boletus vermiculosus Peck

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 7277 with T.J. Baroni, 12 Jun 1994

  • Location

    Costa Rica. Cartago. ±4.5 km E of km 31 of Interamerican Highway, near town of Palo Verde.

  • Habitat

    Mid elevation montane forest. Quercus oocarpa. Scattered. On soil.

  • Description

    Pileus 11 cm broad, dry, convex, tomentose, (7F8) on the disc, (6D5) toward the margin. Flesh pale yellow, changing to blue when exposed, eventually white, up to 2 cm thick. Tubes yellow, bluing when exposed, 1 cm deep, depressed around the stipe; pores garnet brown, bluing when bruised, <1 mm broad. Stipe 10 cm long, 15 mm broad, equal and curved, dry, yellow and faintly subpruinose above, pruinose to rhubarb red to brown at stipe base; interior solid, yellow, bluing when exposed, eventually white. Scattered. Phenology of specimen: Basidiomata.

  • Specimen Notes

    Duplicate in USJ

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 237227

    Occurrence ID: 0797ac9d-3136-4575-93fe-831b33714e24

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  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • State/Province

    Cartago

  • Locality

    ±4.5 km E of km 31 of Interamerican Highway, near town of Palo Verde

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1600 m. (5249 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    9.7761, -83.945

  • Distribution

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