Filed As:

Boletaceae
Austroboletus niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe

All Determinations:

Austroboletus niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe det. R. E. Halling

Location:

New Zealand. West Coast. South Island. Granville Ecological Park, E of Totara Flat. Alt. 133 m. (436 ft.)

Collector(s):

R. E. Halling 9934 with T. Lebel, G. Bonito, K. Hosaka, T. Shirouzu, 06 May 2014

Description:

Pileus 4-7 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, with suede-like texture, becoming matted with age, sticky, becoming viscid-subglutinous with age, yellowish white to off-white developing pale pinkish tints with age (4A2-5A2), with conspicuous sterile velar flap at margin. Flesh white, unchanging, extremely bitter, with mild odor. Tubes adnexed, white at first, pinkish vinaceous with age. Stipe 5-8 cm long, 1-2 cm broad, white, subequal to subclavate, white with yellowish orange stains (in situ) at base, lacerated lacunose-reticulate, sticky-viscid, with interior white, unchanging, with white mycelium at base.

Habitat:

Beech forest. Nothofagus menziesii. Gregarious. On soil.

Feature Notes:

ITS, 28s, RPB1, RPB2 genes sequenced (Lebel, Cooper, Bonito)

Other:

Specimen Notes: Duplicate in PDD105213

GenBank:

KP191800 (ITS)
KP191672 (nrLSU)

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 2072385
GUID: 3a4e5d65-729c-4667-9d4c-d560cf344b08

Map:

Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (-42.3157, 171.646)

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