Filed As:

Boletaceae
Crocinoboletus rufoaureus (Massee) N.K.Zeng, Z.L.Yang & G.Wu

All Determinations:

Xanthoconium Singer det. R. E. Halling

Crocinoboletus rufoaureus (Massee) N.K.Zeng, Z.L.Yang & G.Wu det. R. E. Halling

Location:

Australia. Queensland. Thuringowa City. Paluma. Alt. 850 - 900 m. (2789 - 2953 ft.)

Collector(s):

R. E. Halling 6794 with P. Reddell, M. Castellano, 17 Feb 1992

Description:

Pileus 4-7.5 cm broad, dry, hemispheric when young, soon convex to plano convex, subtomentose to matted subtomentose, orange (6A8-6B8), sometimes developing brown tones (6E5), usually fading with age to grayish orange to brownsih orange (5B5-5B4-5C5-5C4). Flesh apricot yellow (5E7), unchanging, up to 15 mm deep. Tubes orange when young, soon yellowish green (4C6-4D6), adnate to barely depressed around the stipe, unchanging when exposed; pores frequently parasitized when young, with age an apparent dark orange red pigment present in uninfected mature basidiomes, unchanging when bruised. Stipe 5-7 cm long, 1-2 cm broad, ±equal to rarely subclavate, glabrous and even, yellow orange (5A6-5A7), not staining; interior near light orange (5A4), unchanging.

Habitat:

Dry sclerophyll. Eucalyptus grandis, Allocasuarina torulosa, Syncarpia hillii. Gregarious. On soil.

Feature Notes:

Origianlly thought to be a Crocinoboletus, but bleing/cyanescnce is lacking.

Other:

Specimen Notes: Duplicate in PERTH E 4660 (ACIAR Project)

Identifiers:

NY Barcode: 02449707
GUID: 278a454d-db44-4f9d-990f-b08e302238b7

Map:

Coordinates: (-19.0214, 146.14)

Distribution:

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