Filed As:

Boletaceae
Boletus laetissimus Hongo

All Determinations:

Boletus laetissimus Hongo det. R. E. Halling

Location:

Australia. Queensland. Mareeba Shire. Mareeba. Davies Creek National Park, Davies Creek Road, 3-13 km from Kennedy Highway. Alt. 670 m. (2198 ft.)

Collector(s):

R. E. Halling 8952 with N. Fechner, 22 Mar 07

Description:

Pileus 3-7 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, dry, finely subtomentose to finely matted, dark brownish orange to light brown (6D8) on disc and brownish orange at margin (6B-C8). Flesh pale orange to orange, unchanging, with mild odor and mild to slightly unpleasant (not bitter or acrid) taste. Tubes adnexed, dark orange to orange, with dull yellow stuffed pores when young, unchanging, apparently with a stuffed to web-like covering with age. Stipe 4-6.5 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad, equal, strict or curved, dry, orange to bright orange above, paler orange below, orange at base, glabrous to mottled and streaked, with interior pale orange, unchanging, solid, dark ochraceous at base.

Habitat:

Dry sclerophyll. Eucalyptus sp. Scattered. On soil.

Other:

Collection Notes: tissue in silica
Specimen Notes: Duplicate in BRI

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 1393724
GUID: bfb88c8e-768e-43fb-bc22-4155616c52e9

Map:

Coordinates: (-17.0267, 145.59)

Distribution:

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