Boletellus deceptivus Halling & Fechner

Filed As

Boletaceae
Boletellus deceptivus Halling & Fechner ( paratype )

Collector(s)

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

Location

Australia. Queensland. Atherton Shire. Atherton. Mt. Baldy State Forest, Mt. Baldy Road, ±3.6 km from Atherton-Herberton Highway.

Habitat

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

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.

Notes (shown on label)

DNA extracted, M. Nuhn

Specimen Notes

duplicate in BRI

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 817408

Occurrence ID: 03142aab-0f60-4619-bd1c-2adaf3696650

GenBank

KP327641 (nrLSU)

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