Ananas English. Commercial pineapple plantations were established in Hawaii, the Philippines, Southeast Asia, Florida, and Cuba. The pineapple has become one of the world's most popular fruits. The tough leaves grow in large rosettes, arising basally from a crown. These leaves are long and lanceolate with a serrated or thorny margin. The flowers, arising from the heart of the rosette, each have their own sepals. They grow into a compact head on a short, robust stalk. The sepals become fleshy and juicy and develop into the well-known complex form of the pseudocarp fruit, crowned by a rosette of leaves. "Ananas" species
Boletellus ananas spirally arranged, faint golden encrusting pigments that can be seen in KOH, Melzer's reagent, and water. Clamp connections are absent in this species. The typical variety of "Boletellus ananas" has consistently larger fruit bodies than "B. ananas" var. "minor" Singer from Brazil and Nicaragua, and lacks the thick-walled cheilocystidia of "B. ananas" var. "crassotunicatus" Singer from Nicaragua and Panama. Although the mushroom is used as a food in Mexico, field guides list it as "inedible" or "not recommended". "Strobilomyces strobilaceus" is roughly similar in appearance because of its rough scaly cap and lacerated margin, but may be distinguished from "B.