Tylopilus balloui (Peck) Singer

  • Filed As

    Boletaceae
    Tylopilus balloui (Peck) Singer s.l.

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 9053 with N. Fechner, A. M. Young, 11 Feb 2009

  • Location

    Australia. Queensland. Great Sandy National Park, Fraser Island, road from Central Station to Eurong.

  • Habitat

    Wet sclerophyll. Eucalyptus, Syncarpia, Lophostemon. Gregarious to subcespitose. On sand.

  • Description

    Pileus 2-5 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, bright bittersweet orange, finely matted to subtomentose. Flesh white to yellowish white, sometimes with an orange zone under pileus surface, with pleasant odor and mild taste. Tubes adnate or barely depressed, white at first, then with a pale pinkish tint, favoloid radially elongate, and with multiple levels of cross walls, bruising brown. Stipe 2-6 cm long, 1-1.5 cm broad, subclavate and tapering below to an obvious point, matted subpruinose, white or with orange and yellow, bruising pale brown from handling, with interior white, slightly marbled, solid, pale pinkish avellaneous with exposure, white at base. Spores oblong-ellipsoid, slightly subreniform in profile. Hymenial cystidia (pseudocystidia) present.

  • Specimen Notes

    Duplicate in BRI

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1193915

    Occurrence ID: a9a47330-bee0-450f-ad9a-222f6f714ab0

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  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Australia

  • State/Province

    Queensland

  • Locality

    Great Sandy National Park, Fraser Island, road from Central Station to Eurong.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 75 m. (246 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -25.485, 153.088

  • Georeferencing Method

    GPS.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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