Boletus variipes var. fagicola A.H.Sm. & Thiers

Filed As

Boletaceae
Boletus variipes var. fagicola A.H.Sm. & Thiers

Collector(s)

R. E. Halling 7758 with Mueller, Huhndorf, Quist & D. Garcia, 27 Jun 1997

Location

Costa Rica. Guanacaste. Near Liberia, Area Conservacion Guanacaste, Rincon de la Vieja, sector Santa Maria, sendero al Agua Termales, 3 km al oeste de estacion.

Habitat

Oak forest on volcano. Quercus oleides. Gregarious. On soil.

Description

See REH 7756 (older material). Pileus 7-10.5 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, dry, soft and leathery to the touch, subtomentose to subvelutinous, becoming finely areolate especially toward the margin, dark brown overall at first (7F6), becoming paler (cinnamon brown, 6E7) toward margin with age. Flesh white, unchanging, up to 2 cm thick, with pungent to mild odor and mild taste. Tubes adnexed to deeply depressed around the stipe, olive (3D-E5-4), with pores concolorous, up to 1 mm broad, dull brownish with time when bruised. Stipe 6-8 cm long, 1-2 cm broad, ±equal but then tapered at base, dry, reticulate over half the length, brown (6F6) with reticulum concolorous, white at the base, with interior white, unchanging, solid. NH4OH: dark orange on spot of application, obscurely purplish surrounding spot.

Specimen Notes

Duplicate in USJ

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 175332

Occurrence ID: 14e8b632-674c-4abb-9034-ad30ce4f6f1a

GenBank

JQ924307 (ITS)

JQ924349 (nrLSU)

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