Austroboletus subflavidus (Murrill) Wolfe

Filed As

Boletaceae
Austroboletus subflavidus (Murrill) Wolfe

Collector(s)

R. E. Halling 8555 with T.J. Baroni, D.J. Lodge, B. Ortiz-Santana, 15 Oct 2003

Location

Belize. Belize. Western Highway: Foster Property, near Belize Zoo.

Habitat

Tropical dry forest. Quercus oleoides with Pinus caribaea nearby. Scattered. On sandy soil.

Description

Pileus 2-3.5 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, dry, tomentose to subtomentose, white with pale orange (6B5), becoming pale yellow (4A4, 4A3), with sterile projecting margin when young. Flesh white, unchanging, with mild odor and taste. Tubes adnexed, white at first, soon pinkish gray (6D4), unchanging when exposed; pores concolorous, unchanging. Stipe 5-8 cm long, 8-10 mm broad, equal to subclavate or slightly broader below, terete, dry, lacerate to lacunose-reticulate, white to pale yellow, with some very pale pink tints at apex when young; reticulum white to very pale pink when young, soon pale yellowish to pale greenish yellow with age, with white basal mycelium; interior white, solid, unchanging. With purplish brown spore print.

Notes (shown on label)

DNA prep

Specimen Notes

Duplicate in BRH

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 00796129

Occurrence ID: e7fe039b-da5d-4be7-a076-968c95d56da2

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