Tylopilus formosus G.Stev.

  • Filed As

    Boletaceae
    Tylopilus formosus G.Stev.

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. Halling 9727 with D. Orlovich, C. Gee, P. White, 11 May 2012

  • Location

    New Zealand. South Island. Fiordland National Park, Rainbow Reach, Kepler Track.

  • Habitat

    Montane forest. Nothofagus menziesii, N. solandri. Scattered. On soil.

  • Description

    Pileus 8-15 cm broad, convex to plano-convex, even to somewhat uneven, dry, subvelutinous, finely areolate at margin in some, black to dark brown with hints of lilac in some at margin. Flesh white, unchanging or slowly with some erratic and scattered pale pink, with pungent odor and bitter taste. Tubes adnexed, whitish at first becoming vinaceous pink, staining brown, Stipe 8-11 cm long, 1.5-3 cm broad, equal to clavate, dry, finely subvelutinate to densely short-subpruinose, obscurely ridged below, whitish to pale lilac above to obscurely lilac masked by some black pigment, brownish lilac to black below or sometimes with some pale lilac, white at base, with interior white, unchanging, solid to somewhat pithy. Spore print pinkish brown (7D5).

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 1491212

    Occurrence ID: f0b4c689-18f3-4cbb-8390-e9838e9b2526

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  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    New Zealand

  • Locality

    South Island. Fiordland National Park, Rainbow Reach, Kepler Track.

  • Elevation

    Alt. 200 m. (656 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -45.4921, 167.663

  • Georeferencing Method

    GPS.

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

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