Filed As:

Boletaceae
Solioccasus polychromus Trappe, T.Osmundson, Manfr.Binder, Castellano & Halling ( paratype )

Location:

Australia. Queensland. Great Sandy National Park, Fraser Island, track from Central Station to Kingfisher Bay. Alt. 62 m. (203 ft.)

Collector(s):

R. E. Halling 9290 with N. Fechner, 28 Mar 2010

Description:

Gasterocarps globose to highly irregular, dry, (5E8,7) to red/deep red/reddish brown (8-9 E8,7), up to 4 cm broad, with surface appearing to be wrapped by inherent or embedded rhizomorphs, or possibly very shallowly lacunose, with sterile rhizomorphic strands at base. Gleba tough, with open chambers and meandering/ramifying cartilaginous (with somewhat gelatinous appearance) sterile tramal columella. Sterile tissues pale yellow becoming reddish. Fertile tissues near golden yellow to bright yellow (lens), eventually reddish and sometimes reddish near exterior. Odor pungent (similar to Gautieria monticola).

Habitat:

Dry sclerophyll. Allocasuarina, Eucalyptus racemosa, Leptospermum. Hypogeous/gregarious. In sand.

Feature Notes:

DNA sampled, B. Dentinger, 27 Apr 2011

Other:

Specimen Notes: Duplicate in BRI

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 1194016
GUID: dd49f78a-1bd4-496b-aa5d-c597a429984f

Map:

Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (-25.4085, 153.057)

Distribution:

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