Austroboletus niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe

  • Filed As

    Boletaceae
    Austroboletus niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 9136 with N. Fechner, K Querengasser, 03 Jun 2009

  • Location

    Australia. Queensland. Great Sandy National Park, Fraser Island, walking track S of Central Station.

  • Habitat

    Sclerophyll. Eucalyptus, Syncarpia, Leptospermum. Gregarious. In sand.

  • Description

    Pileus 4-8 cm broad, convex to plano-convex to plane, moist and sticky but not glutinous or with slime, with suede-like texture at first, this soon matted and disappearing, white to a pale yellow (4A3) at first, soon with more yellow and some pale pinkish tints (7A-B5,4), with sterile appendiculate marginal tissue when young. Flesh white, unchanging, with mild odor and bitter taste. Tubes adnexed, whitish at first, soon porphyry pinkish, bruising pale brownish. Stipe 5-12 cm long, 1-1.5 cm broad, strict of curved, equal to slightly broader below, often tapered at base, white and lacunose reticulate at first, soon with yellow or orangish yellow stains, moist and sticky with some gluten here and there, with interior white, unchanging, solid to pithy becoming hollow.

  • Specimen Notes

    duplicate in BRI

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1115375

    Occurrence ID: d3f78472-d1bc-4343-9c20-4fef7949924b

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  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Australia

  • State/Province

    Queensland

  • Locality

    Great Sandy National Park, Fraser Island, walking track S of Central Station

  • Elevation

    Alt. 155 m. (509 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -25.48, 153.058

  • Georeferencing Method

    GPS.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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