| Name | Boletellus ananas |
| Group | Bolete |
| Description | "The squamose, red pileus soon fades to a pale tan and forms coarse squamules. A veil (an extension of the pileus margin) covers the hymenophore at first and then breaks up into appendiculate remnants. The tubes are yellow and change to blue when bruised. The spores have longitudinal ridges with transverse striae when observed with a light microscope (apparently not evident with SEM; lower left). The taxon can be locally abundant in some areas (e.g., the Cordillera de Guanacaste under Quercus oleoides). Several subspecific taxa have been described by Singer et al. (Beih. Nova Hedwigia 105: 1-61. 1992)." |
| Distribution | Beneath Quercus oleoides forest on Rincón de la vieja, single sporocarp encountered at Finca Jenny. |
| Pileus | |
| Color | Pink, turning brown with age |
| Shape | Convex to Plane |
| Diameter | 2.5-7.5 cm |
| Surface | Squarrose |
| Margin texture | Appendiculate |
| Margin Shape | Plane |
| Context color | White |
| change? | Rapidly stains blue on cutting |
| Hymenophore | |
| Color | Bright yellow |
| change? | Stains to blue on cutting or contact |
| Gill attach | NA |
| Gill spacing | NA |
| Lamellulae? | NA |
| Stipe | |
| Color | Very light brown, red stripe apically |
| Position | Central |
| Form | Abruptly Bulbous? |
| Length | 6.5-12 cm |
| Diameter | 8-20 mm |
| Surface | Fibrous, peeling back in large chunks like planed wood |
| Other | |
| Growth habit | Solitary or scattered |
| Volva | No |
| Annulus | No |
| Spore Print | Brown |
| Notes |
