Boletus laetissimus Hongo

Filed As

Boletaceae
Boletus laetissimus Hongo

Collector(s)

R. E. Halling 8952 with N. Fechner, 22 Mar 07

Location

Australia. Queensland. Mareeba Shire. Mareeba. Davies Creek National Park, Davies Creek Road, 3-13 km from Kennedy Highway.

Habitat

Dry sclerophyll. Eucalyptus sp. Scattered. On soil.

Description

Pileus 3-7 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, dry, finely subtomentose to finely matted, dark brownish orange to light brown (6D8) on disc and brownish orange at margin (6B-C8). Flesh pale orange to orange, unchanging, with mild odor and mild to slightly unpleasant (not bitter or acrid) taste. Tubes adnexed, dark orange to orange, with dull yellow stuffed pores when young, unchanging, apparently with a stuffed to web-like covering with age. Stipe 4-6.5 cm long, 1-2.5 cm broad, equal, strict or curved, dry, orange to bright orange above, paler orange below, orange at base, glabrous to mottled and streaked, with interior pale orange, unchanging, solid, dark ochraceous at base.

Collection Notes

tissue in silica

Specimen Notes

Duplicate in BRI

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 1393724

Occurrence ID: bfb88c8e-768e-43fb-bc22-4155616c52e9

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