Filed As:

Boletaceae
Austroboletus niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe

All Determinations:

Austroboletus niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe det. R. E. Halling

Austroboletus eburneus Watling & N.M.Greg. det. R. E. Halling

Location:

Australia. Queensland. Great Sandy National Park, Fraser Island, road from Northern Road to Lake Wabby Lookout. Alt. 175 m. (574 ft.)

Collector(s):

R. E. Halling 9045 with N. Fechner, A.M. Young, 10 Feb 2009

Description:

Pileus 1-5 cm broad, convex, viscid (wet weather), or glutinous when very young, soon smooth leather-like-areolate (nearly like suede, but not cracking), pale yellow (4A4) on disc, whiter toward margin, with white appendiculate veil remnants at margin. Flesh white, unchanging with mild odor and bitter taste. Tubes adnexed, whitish or with slight pinkish tint (young). Stipe 5-9 cm long, 8-10 mm broad, subclavate, white, lacunose reticulate, with reticulum becoming gelatinous from handling, developing orangish yellow stains with age, with interior solid, white, unchanging.

Habitat:

Dry sclerophyll. Allocasuarina, Eucalyptus, Syncarpia, Lophostemon. Gregarious. In sand.

Other:

Specimen Notes: Duplicate in BRI

GenBank:

KP242157 (ITS)

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 1115469
GUID: 6e1c72f3-1392-4a26-8068-d515a99580e1

Map:

Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (-25.3961, 153.089)

Distribution:

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