Filed As:

Boletaceae
Tylopilus balloui (Peck) Singer s.l.

All Determinations:

Tylopilus balloui (Peck) Singer det. R. E. Halling

Location:

Australia. Queensland. Thuringowa City. Paluma Road (Mt. Spec Road), N of Little Crystal Creek. Alt. 550 - 650 m. (1804 - 2133 ft.)

Collector(s):

R. E. Halling 6808 with P. Reddell, M. Castellano, 18 Feb 1992

Description:

Pileus 2.5-5.5 cm broad, convex to plane, dry, matted subtomentose, near 5E5 when young, fading to 5C4. Flesh white, up to 1 cm thick, slowly avellaneous when exposed; odor miuld; taste styptic. Tubes boletinoid, subdecurrent 4A2 when young, 5B3 with age, 7E4 at maturity, compound, shallow (up to 3 mm long); pores up to 2 mm broad, concolorous, staining like tubes. Stipe central to eccentric, ±equal to tapering below, dry, pallid with pale brown fine pruina, white at the base. Spore print dull pinkish brown.

Habitat:

Dry sclerophyll. Allocasuarina littoralis, Eucalyptus intermedia. Gregarious. On soil.

Other:

Specimen Notes: Duplicate in PERTH

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 02449733
GUID: 4ddb52a8-4a54-4c55-8871-9d017e2d47fa

Map:

Georeferencing Method: Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide, Version 2012 (Coordinates for geographic center between center of Paluma and point on road where Mount Spec Rd (originally Paluma Road) crosses Little Crystal Creek. Collections were made near the road.)
Coordinate Uncertainty(m): 3180
Geodetic Datum: WGS84
Coordinates: (-19.0078, 146.239)

Distribution:

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