Ionosporus australis O. Khmelnitsky & Halling

Filed As

Boletaceae
Ionosporus australis O. Khmelnitsky & Halling

Collector(s)

T. W. Osmundson 1128 with R.E. Halling, T. Lebel, 15 Feb 2006

Location

Australia. Queensland. Herberton Shire. Herberton. Mt Baldy, Mt Baldy road, 5.3 km from Atherton-Herberton Highway.

Habitat

Dry sclerophyll. Allocasuarina, Eucalyptus. Scattered. On soil.

Description

Pileus (26-) 57-62 mm, convex becoming plane with uplifted margin and depressed center, densely matted subtomentose, red-brown (7F7 to slightly more red), fading to chamois (4C5) in age; margin, and sometimes disc, remaining red-brown. Context white, staining pale yellow; red where insect-damaged. Odor mild; taste slightly bitter. Pores round to elongated or irregular, 1-2 mm in diameter, golden blonde (4A4) becoming corn-colored (4B5) in age; staining red-brown in one specimen. Tubes concolorous; tubes long (8-10 mm). Stipe (29-) 35-50 mm, solid, equal; white to gray ground with minute, brown pruinose fibrils; reticulate, especially over apical half; pattern of pruinose fibrils creating appearance of a silvery sheen, especially over apical half. Basal mycelium copious, white. Note: one basidiome redder in color, with red-staining pore mouths, stipe more reticulate and lacking silvery sheen.

Specimen Notes

Duplicate in BRI

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 1393546

Occurrence ID: 803fca51-0ef9-491e-95df-62dfd1f8439f

GenBank

MH712037 (RPB2)

Feedback

Send comments on this specimen record