Taxon Details: Rossbeevera pachydermis (Zeller & C.W.Dodge) T.Lebel
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Family:

Boletaceae (Basidiomycota)
Scientific Name:

Rossbeevera pachydermis (Zeller & C.W.Dodge) T.Lebel
Primary Citation:

The sequestrate genus Rosbeeva T.Lebel & Orihara gen. nov. (Boletaceae) from Australasia and Japan: new species and new combinations.
Fungal Diversity 52: 64. 2012
Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.
Basionym:

Hymenogaster pachydermis Zeller & C.W.Dodge
Synonyms:

Hymenogaster pachydermis Zeller & C.W.Dodge
Chamonixia pachydermis (Zeller & C.W.Dodge) G.W.Beaton, Pegler & T.W.K.Young
Gautieria novazelandiae G.Cunn.
Description:

Diagnosis: Gasterocarps 1-3 cm broad, dry, variously shaped from globose to somewhat lobed, white becoming deep blue green, with sterile basal attachment. Gleba white at first, becoming chocolate brown, with fine locules, rarely with a percurrent columella. Basidiospores short fusoid, with 4-5 longitudinal ridges.

Registration number: 519396

Distribution and ecology: New Zealand, associated with southern hemisphere beech (Nothofagus fusca, menziesii, solandri).

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