Filed As:
Boletaceae
Austroboletus niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe
Boletaceae
Austroboletus niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe
All Determinations:
Austroboletus niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe det. R. E. Halling
Austroboletus eburneus Watling & N.M.Greg.
Austroboletus niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe det. R. E. Halling
Austroboletus eburneus Watling & N.M.Greg.
Location:
Australia. Queensland. Great Sandy National Park, Fraser Island, track from Central Station to Lake Birrabeen. Alt. 108 m. (354 ft.)
Australia. Queensland. Great Sandy National Park, Fraser Island, track from Central Station to Lake Birrabeen. Alt. 108 m. (354 ft.)
Description:
Pileus 5-9.5 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, sticky but not glutinous and suede-like at first, soon becoming viscid and suede-like appearance disappears, white at first to pale yellow (4A3,2), soon becoming (5,6A4); margin with sterile appendiculate fragments when young. Flesh white, unchanging, with mild odor and bitter taste. Tubes adnexed to deeply adnexed, white when young, soon porphyry pink then pinkish brown (7D4), with pores likewise and staining pale brown. Stipe 5-12 cm long, 1-1.5 cm broad, equal and tapered at base or nearly subclavate and tapered at base, white, lacunose-reticulate, moist to subviscid, developing yellowish to orange yellow stains in situ and becoming viscid, with interior white, unchanging, pithy then hollow, developing yellow to orange yellow stains with age.
Pileus 5-9.5 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, sticky but not glutinous and suede-like at first, soon becoming viscid and suede-like appearance disappears, white at first to pale yellow (4A3,2), soon becoming (5,6A4); margin with sterile appendiculate fragments when young. Flesh white, unchanging, with mild odor and bitter taste. Tubes adnexed to deeply adnexed, white when young, soon porphyry pink then pinkish brown (7D4), with pores likewise and staining pale brown. Stipe 5-12 cm long, 1-1.5 cm broad, equal and tapered at base or nearly subclavate and tapered at base, white, lacunose-reticulate, moist to subviscid, developing yellowish to orange yellow stains in situ and becoming viscid, with interior white, unchanging, pithy then hollow, developing yellow to orange yellow stains with age.
Habitat:
sclerophyll. Eucalyptus (blackbutt), Leptospermum, Allocasuarina. Scattered to gregarious. On sand.
sclerophyll. Eucalyptus (blackbutt), Leptospermum, Allocasuarina. Scattered to gregarious. On sand.
Other:
Specimen Notes: duplicate in BRI
Specimen Notes: duplicate in BRI
Identifiers:
NY Barcode: 1115450
GUID: 1d52ffc8-a580-4b60-aa19-c8ad27bb5527
NY Barcode: 1115450
GUID: 1d52ffc8-a580-4b60-aa19-c8ad27bb5527
Map:
Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (-25.4918, 153.054)
Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (-25.4918, 153.054)