Austroboletus niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe

  • Family

    Boletaceae (Basidiomycota)

  • Scientific Name

    Austroboletus niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe

  • Primary Citation

    Austroboletus and Tylopilus subg. Porphyrellus.
    Biblioth. Mycol. 69: 113. 1979

  • Basionym

    Tylopilus niveus G.Stev.

  • Description

    Diagnosis: Pileus white, suede-like when young and fresh, .becoming subviscid to glutinous with time and age Hymenophore tubulose, whitish at first, becoming vinaceous pink with maturity. Stipe lacerate-reticulate, white above, developing yellowish stains toward base with age in situ.. Spores imperceptively roughened.

    Registration number: MB 118435

    Ectomycorrhiza: Presumed with Nothofagus (New Zeland), and Myrtaceae (Australia, New Zealand).

    Distribution: New Zealand, Australia

    Commentary: This is the earliest name for a white Austroboletus. Described later from Queensland, Austalia as A. eburneus. Preliminary molecular phylogeny infers they are the same taxon.

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