Boletus L.

  • Filed As

    Boletaceae
    Boletus

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 8690 with Erin Cox, 12 May 2005

  • Location

    Australia. Victoria. Gippsland Plain. Lang Lang Conservation Reserve (Adam's Creek). Vic Grid Ref.: T 10.

  • Habitat

    Eucalyptus sp., Leptospermum sp. gregarious. sand.

  • Description

    Pileus 4-12 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, dry, tomentose to matted tomentose, becoming areolate with age, pale yellow to yellow at first, then reddish to olive brown to brown (6E-F8-7-6) with age, with a sterile, whitish incurved margin when young soon decurved and irregular. Flesh bright yellow, changing to blue immediately when exposed, with mild odor and taste . Tubes adnexed, bright yellow to lemon yellow, instantly bluing when bruised, pores concolorous and staining blue. Stipe 2-6 cm long, 1.5-4 cm broad, equal to pinched at base to narrowing below, dry, glabrous (ornamentation or pruina absent), bright yellow (as in tubes), developing orange to red stains in situ toward base, with white basal mycelium, with interior bright yellow, staining blue immediately when exposed.

  • Collection Notes

    tissue in silica gel

  • Specimen Notes

    Duplicate in MEL (2265014)

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1034498

    Occurrence ID: 4b0c5f64-2022-40e7-ae8c-318b09328800

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  • Kingdom

    Fungi

  • Division

    Basidiomycota

  • Family

    Boletaceae

  • All Determinations

    Boletus L.

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Australia

  • State/Province

    Victoria

  • Locality

    Gippsland Plain. Lang Lang Conservation Reserve (Adam's Creek). Vic Grid Ref.: T 10

  • Coordinates

    -38.3214, 145.619

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