Boletellus ananas in the Upper Potaro and Upper Ireng River Basins in Guyana. It has also been collected from New Zealand, Asia (including China, Korea, Malaysia, and Taiwan), and possibly Australia. Boletellus ananas Boletellus ananas, commonly known as the pineapple bolete, is a mushroom in the family Boletaceae, and the type species of the genus "Boletellus". It is distributed in southeastern North America, northeastern South America, Asia, and New Zealand, where it grows scattered or in groups on the ground, often at the base of oak and pine trees. The fruit body is characterized by the reddish-pink (or pinkish-tan to yellowish if
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