Filed As:

Boletaceae
Austroboletus niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe

All Determinations:

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

Location:

Australia. Queensland. Great Sandy National Park, Fraser Island, road from Eurong to Central Station. Alt. 82 m. (269 ft.)

Collector(s):

R. E. Halling 9487 with N. Fechner, T. Baroni, 17 May 2011

Description:

Pileus 8.5 cm broad, plano-convex, tacky-sticky, maize yellow (4A6). Flesh white, unchanging. Bitter taste, mild odor. Tubes vinaceous pink, staining pale brown. Stipe 10 cm long, 1.5 cm broad, equal to slightly broader below, heavily reticulate to subalveolate, white with ridges dull yellow, developing orange yellow tones at base, with interior white, hollow.

Habitat:

Sclerophyll. Eucalyptus racemosa, Leptospermum, Syncarpia, Allocasuarina. Solitary. In sand.

Feature Notes:

DNAs extracted by G. Bonito: ITS, 28S, RPB1, RPB2

Other:

Specimen Notes: Duplicate in BRI: AQ0795778

GenBank:

JX889668 (nrLSU)
JX889708 (tef1)

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 1194057
GUID: 2f0bc056-a3bd-43c5-8239-14e4c9fea9aa

Map:

Georeferencing Method: GPS
Coordinates: (-25.5003, 153.102)

Distribution:

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