Veloboletus limbatus Fechner & Halling

  • Family

    Boletaceae (Basidiomycota)

  • Scientific Name

    Veloboletus limbatus Fechner & Halling

  • Primary Citation

    Fungal Planet description sheets - 1178; Veloboletus limbatus, gen. & sp. nov.
    Persoonia 45: 399.

  • Type Specimens

    Specimen 1: Isotype -- R. E. Halling 9228, verif. R. E. Halling

  • Description

    Diagnosis: Moderately large basidiomata. Pileus dry, finely squamulose scaly, with red to red brown squamules on yellowish ground, bruising blue. Flesh yellow, slowly cyanescent. Tubes yellow, cyanescent. Stipe with marginate limb attached to pileus margin when young, bright yellow and fibrillose streaked above limb; finely squamulose scaly over base.

    Registration number: MB832370

    Status & Disposition: A distinct genus of subfamily Xerocomoideae with marginate-bulbous stipe, universal veil, cyanescent tissues, and smooth spores.

    Ectomycorrhiza: Myrtaceae Eucalyptus, Melaleuca, Corymbia?); Casuarinaceae (Allocasuarina).

    Distribution: Queensland, Australia

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