Filed As:

Boletaceae
Boletellus deceptivus Halling & Fechner ( paratype )

All Determinations:

Boletellus deceptivus Halling & Fechner det. R. E. Halling

Location:

Australia. Queensland. Atherton Shire. Atherton. Mt. Baldy State Forest, Mt. Baldy Road, ±3.6 km from Atherton-Herberton Highway. Alt. 1140 m. (3740 ft.)

Collector(s):

R. E. Halling 8937 with N. Fechner, 21 Mar 2007

Description:

Gregarious. Pileus 7-9 cm broad, convex, dry, coarsely squamose scaly, subpyramidal on disc, subrepent toward margin, deep red to pinkish red with dull yellow between scales. Flesh yellow, immediately blue when exposed, then appearing white and blue, with mild odor and taste. Hymenophore deeply depressed to barely adnate, up to 2.5 cm deep, greenish yellow, cyanescent, with pores 1 mm broad. Stipe 5-7.5 cm long, 10-15 mm broad, equal, curved, dry, pink to pale red at apex and somewhat so downward, white below, fibrillose striate, bluing when bruised, with interior pale yellow, cyanescent, white at base.

Habitat:

Dry sclerophyll. Allocasuarina sp., Acacia sp., Eucalyptus sp. On soil.

Feature Notes:

DNA extracted, M. Nuhn

Other:

Specimen Notes: duplicate in BRI

GenBank:

KP327641 (nrLSU)

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 817408
GUID: 03142aab-0f60-4619-bd1c-2adaf3696650

Map:

Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (-17.3328, 145.417)

Distribution:

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