Austroboletus flavus

  • Filed As

    Boletaceae
    Austroboletus flavus nom. prov.

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 10103 with N. Fechner, 08 Mar 2017

  • Location

    Australia. New South Wales. Central Coast. 7 km W of intersection Pacific Hwy & Ourimbah Creek Road, O'Sullivan's Way.

  • Habitat

    Sclerophyll. Eucalyptus acmenoides, E. saligna, Syncarpia, Allocasuarina. Scattered. On soil.

  • Description

    Pileus 3-5 cm broad, convex to plane, slightly tacky to barely subviscid, matted subvelutinous to matted subtomentose, bright yellow (4A8) with scattered, fine, orange (5A8), suberect squamules, with margin imperceptibly projecting and sterile. Flesh white, unchanging, with mild to slightly pungent odor, and mild slightly bitter (tardily) taste. Tubes adnexed, white when young, becoming vinaceous pink, slightly light brown when bruised. Stipe 6-10 cm long, 4-9 mm broad, equal to barely subclavate to slightly broader towards base, dry, coarsely reticulate at first, less so with age, yellow at first with light brown below, brownish orange with age, on a whitish to pale yellow ground color, with interior white, sometimes hollow, unchanging, with white at base and with white rhizoids.

  • Specimen Notes

    Duplicate in DAR 83325

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02685985

    Occurrence ID: f39ca98f-fe6b-4417-a74d-7386b221d309

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  • Kingdom

    Fungi

  • Division

    Basidiomycota

  • Order

    Boletales

  • Family

    Boletaceae

  • All Determinations

    Austroboletus flavus det R. E. Halling

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Australia

  • State/Province

    New South Wales

  • Locality

    Central Coast. 7 km W of intersection Pacific Hwy & Ourimbah Creek Road, O'Sullivan's Way.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 164 m. (538 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -33.3319, 151.308

  • Georeferencing Method

    GPS.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Location Notes

    [Location has associations with the following Indigenous peoples or organizations: Awabakal [4]. Determined by Local Contexts Project ID 544ed405-7fac-44c2-bc93-598921528f3e on 2025-11-04. Resources: [4] The Glottography Consortium. 2007. Glottography Dataset Derived from Asher and Moseley 2007 "Atlas of the World's Languages". Zenodo. doi:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15287258.]

  • Distribution

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    No botanical uses.

MACROFUNGI OF AUSTRALIA
Orange Agricultural Institute and New York Botanical Garden
Austroboletus flavus nom. prov.
Australia. New South Wales: Central Coast, Palm Grove. 7 km W of intersection Pacific Hwy
& Ourimbah Creek Road, O'Sullivan's Way.
33°19'54.7"S, 151°18'30.3"E; 164 m.
8 March 2017
Vegetation: *Eucalyptus acmenoides*, *E. saligna*, *Syncarpia*, *Allocasuarina*, scattered, on soil.
leg: R. E. Halling, no. 10103 (N. Fechner)
det: R. E. Halling
Pileus 3-5 cm broad, convex to plane, slightly tacky to barely subviscid, matted subvelutinous to matted
subtomentose, bright yellow (4A8) with scattered, fine, orange (5A8), suberect squamules, with margin
imperceptibly projecting and sterile. Flesh white, unchanging, with mild to slightly pungent odor, and
mild slightly bitter (tardily) taste. Tubes adnexed, white when young, becoming vinaceous pink, slightly
light brown when bruised. Stipe 6-10 cm long, 4-9 mm broad, equal to barely subclavate to slightly
broader towards base, dry, coarsely reticulate at first, less so with age, yellow at first with light brown
below, brownish orange with age, on a whitish to pale yellow ground color, with interior white,
sometimes hollow, unchanging, with white at base and with white rhizoids.
10/03.  (Handwritten)
*Austroboletus* (Handwritten)
*"flavus"* (Handwritten)
10/03. (Handwritten)
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Austroboletus flavus
R. E. Halling 10103
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
02685985

Austroboletus flavus
Eucalyptus acmenoides
Eucalyptus saligna

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