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 ananas" by smooth stem without a ring, different spores, and flesh that is less tough. The Australian species "Boletellus ananiceps" has spores with narrow longitudinal ribs that do not have cross-striae. "B. dissiliens" has colors that are not red as in "B. ananas", and pores that can become reddish in maturity. Further, the cap flesh of "B. dissiliens" turns blue upon exposure to air. The fruit bodies of "B. ananas" typically grow scattered or in groups under oak and pine trees, often on their bases. In Guyana, the mushroom typically fruits singly or in pairs within above ground level on