Pulveroboletus ravenelii (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Murrill

Filed As

Boletaceae
Pulveroboletus ravenelii (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Murrill

Collector(s)

R. E. Halling 7142 with G. Mueller, Ana E. Franco-Molano, B. Strack, Mata & L. Umaña, 07 Nov 1993

Location

Costa Rica. San José. Dota (Canton). San Gerardo. ±5 km SW of Cerro de la Muerte, Albergue de Montaña, Savegre.

Habitat

Quercus seemannii. gregarious. moss.

Description

Pileus 1.5-3 cm broad, dry, convex, with vivid yellow veil remnants overlaying a pale reddish brown ground (7B-C4); this ground soon areolate with yellow showing through. Intact veil arachnoid, vivid yellow (2A8). Flesh white in the pileus, yellow in the stipe, unchanging or slowly and erratically to blue. Tubes depressed around stipe, yellow at first, soon wax yellow (3B5), changing to blue green when exposed; pores concolorous, <1 mm broad, bluing when bruised, light brown with maturity. Stipe 3-7 cm long, 4-7 mm broad, dry, pallid above velar zone, below vivid yellow (2A8) at first, developing greenish tints with age and handling, pulverulent from the veil remains, ±equal to tapering below, with white mycelium at base. Phenology of specimen: Basidiomata.

Notes (shown on label)

See specimen notes and spore print in box.

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 15180

Occurrence ID: 7cc20a29-8303-4b35-996c-9366e1397b1b

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