Tylopilus

  • Filed As

    Boletaceae
    Tylopilus

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 6797 with P. Reddell, M. Castellano, 17 Feb 1992

  • Location

    Australia. Queensland. Thuringowa City. Paluma.

  • Habitat

    Sclerophyll. Eucalyptus grandis, Allocasuarina, Syncarpia hillii. Gregarious. On soil.

  • Description

    Pileus 3.5-7.5 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, dry, tomentose to matted tomentose, deep purple brown (11E4), fading toward margin to 9E4. Flesh white, unchanging, up to 15 mm deep, with pungent odor, mild taste. Tubes adnate, white to 4B3, eventually near 5B3 (not quite mature), unchanging; pores concolorous, staining near 6B4, minute (up to 1-2/mm). Stipe 4-9 cm long, 5-20 mm broad, dry, equal, near 14D3 when young, near 9E-F4 with age, not reticulate, glabrous, but streaked with pigment, clearly lilac at base with interior solid, white, unchanging. N.B. In the field, this looks very much like T. plumbeoviolaceus/ T. violatinctus of SE USA.

  • Specimen Notes

    Duplicate in PERTH

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02449765

    Occurrence ID: 79c72c8c-e5c5-4237-a684-bf5101d0f07e

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  • Kingdom

    Fungi

  • Division

    Basidiomycota

  • Family

    Boletaceae

  • All Determinations

    Tylopilus det R. E. Halling

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Australia

  • State/Province

    Queensland

  • County/Municipio

    Thuringowa City

  • Locality

    Paluma.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 850 - 900 m. (2789 - 2953 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -19.0214, 146.14

  • Distribution

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    No botanical uses.

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