Taxon Details: Austroboletus niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe
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Family:

Boletaceae (Basidiomycota)
Scientific Name:

Austroboletus niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe
Primary Citation:

Austroboletus and Tylopilus subg. Porphyrellus.
Biblioth. Mycol. 69: 113. 1979
Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.
Description:

Diagnosis: Pileus white, suede-like when young and fresh, .becoming subviscid to glutinous with time and age Hymenophore tubulose, whitish at first, becoming vinaceous pink with maturity. Stipe lacerate-reticulate, white above, developing yellowish stains toward base with age in situ.. Spores imperceptively roughened.

Registration number: MB 118435

Ectomycorrhiza: Presumed with Nothofagus (New Zeland), and Myrtaceae (Australia, New Zealand).

Distribution: New Zealand, Australia

Commentary: This is the earliest name for a white Austroboletus. Described later from Queensland, Austalia as A. eburneus. Preliminary molecular phylogeny infers they are the same taxon.