Tylopilus alkalixanthus Halling & Amtoft

  • Filed As

    Boletaceae
    Tylopilus alkalixanthus Halling & Amtoft

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 7919 with Halling, Norvell, 24 Jun 2000

  • Location

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

  • Habitat

    Quercus oocarpa. solitary. soil.

  • Description

    This is the yellow Tylopilus from Estrella; mature material. Pileus 8.5-10 cm broad, plano-convex, grayish yellow (4B6-5-4), with dark brown maculose spots, sticky when wet but not truly viscid. Flesh white, unchanging, with mild odor and taste. Tubes up to 2 cm long, greyish red (7B-C4), depressed around stipe; pores concolorous staining brown. Stipe 10-17 cm long, 1 cm broad at apex, elongate-subclavate, dry, glabrous to finely subpruinose to finely ridged, concolorous with cap, whitish at base, strict to curved; interior white to olive yellow (not changing when exposed).

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 00815168

    Occurrence ID: 3010b49d-7727-4c75-be52-fef847d82364

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  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • State/Province

    Cartago

  • County/Municipio

    El Guarco (Canton)

  • Locality

    Estrella ±5 km E of km 31 of Interamerican Highway, near town of Estrella.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1685 - 1720 m. (5528 - 5643 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    9.7678, -83.9553

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