Austroboletus niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe

  • Filed As

    Boletaceae
    Austroboletus niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 9206 with N. Fechner, K. Querengasser, 09 Jun 2009

  • Location

    Australia. Queensland. Great Sandy National Park, Fraser Island, Ungowa Road.

  • Habitat

    sclerophyll. Allocasuarina, Eucalyptus, Leptospermum. scattered to gregarious. sand.

  • Description

    Pileus 5.5-10 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, very tacky to subviscid especially with age, suede-like at first, white at margin, pale yellow with some pinkish overtones, with appendiculate veil remnants at margin. Flesh white, unchanging, with mild odor and bitter taste. Tube adnexed to deeply adnexed, grayish rose to porphyry pink, bruising brownish. Stipe 7.5-14 cm long, 1-1.5 cm broad, strict or curved, equal to subclavate, moist and very sticky, lacunose-reticulate to alveolate, white and developing yellowish to orangish yellow stains in situ, with white basal mycelium.

  • Specimen Notes

    duplicate in BRI

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1115490

    Occurrence ID: d52804b2-ca0e-4a33-bd8d-189edd3e690a

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  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Australia

  • State/Province

    Queensland

  • Locality

    Great Sandy National Park, Fraser Island, Ungowa Road

  • Elevation

    Alt. 24 m. (79 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -25.4585, 153.011

  • Georeferencing Method

    GPS.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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