Boletus flavoruber Halling & M.Mata

  • Filed As

    Boletaceae
    Boletus flavoruber Halling & M.Mata

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 7537 with Halling, Mueller, J. L. Mata, Strack, 18 May 1996

  • Location

    Costa Rica. Alajuela. Grecia (Canton). Grecia. Bosque del Niño.

  • Habitat

    Quercus seemannii, Quercus sp. gregarious. soil.

  • Description

    Pileus 3-7 cm broad, dry, convex to plano-convex, subtomentose, brown (8E7-6), fading to cinnamon (6D6) with occasional flushes of red, eventually becoming dull yellow (4A4), the latter brusing blue, with margin incurved becoming decurved. Flesh yellow, bluing with exposure, up to 2 cm thick, with mild odor and taste. Tubes adnate to subdecurrent, shallow (<2 mm deep), bluing when exposed, with red pores, bluing when bruised. Stipe 5-9 cm long, 10-15 mm thick, subclavate, dry, pruinose generaly overall, bruisng blue,but one with a short reticulum at apex, pink above on a yellow ground, gradually redder below, with interior yellow and bluing when exposed, with white mycelium at base.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 817326

    Occurrence ID: 35f8a94f-16ce-4164-a030-b77f5760e51d

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  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Costa Rica

  • State/Province

    Alajuela

  • County/Municipio

    Grecia (Canton)

  • City/Township

    Grecia

  • Locality

    Bosque del Niño

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1900 m. (6234 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    10.1511, -84.245

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