Austroboletus
| Austroboletus | |
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| Austroboletus species photographed in Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Boletaceae |
| Genus: | Austroboletus (Corner) Wolfe (1980) |
| Type species | |
| Austroboletus dictyotus (Boedijn) Wolfe (1980) | |
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Austroboletus is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. Formerly a subgenus of Boletus, Austroboletus was raised to genus level in 1979.[1] Although they resemble the boletes macroscopically, Austroboletus is differentiated microscopically with spores that are pitted, rather than smooth.[2]
Species
- A. cornalinus (Perr.-Bertr. & R.Heim) E.Horak (1980)
- A. dictyotus (Boedijn) Wolfe (1980)
- A. eburneus Watling & N.M.Greg. (1986)
- A. festivus (Singer) Wolfe (1980)
- A. fusisporus (Kawam. ex Imazeki & Hongo) Wolfe (1980)
- A. graciliaffinis Singer (1988)[3]
- Spores are elliptical (in face view) or fusiform (in profile view), with average dimensions of 16.7 by 7.7 µm.
- A. gracilis (Peck) Wolfe (1980)
- The pore surface is initially whitish, then later matures to pinkish or flesh-colored. The stipe is typically slim.[2]
- A. heterospermus (R.Heim & Perr.-Bertr.) Singer (1983)
- A. lacunosus (Kuntze) T.W.May & A.E.Wood (1995)[4]
- A. latitubulosus E.Horak (1980)
- A. longipes (Massee) Wolfe (1980)
- A. malaccensis (Pat. & C.F.Baker) Wolfe (1980)
- A. mucosus (Corner) Wolfe (1980)
Electron micrograph of A. mutabilis spores
- A. mutabilis Halling, Osmundson & M.A. Neves (2006)[5]
- A. neotropicalis Singer, J.García & L.D.Gómez (1991)
- A. niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe (1980)
- A. occidentalis Watling & N.M.Greg. (1986)
- A. olivaceus Singer (1983)[6]
- Spores are elliptical (in face view) or fusiform (in profile view), with average dimensions of 12.9 by 5.9 µm.
- A. purpurascens (Heinem.) E.Horak (1980)
- A. rarus (Corner) E.Horak (1980)
- A. rionegrensis (Singer & I.J.Araujo) Singer (1983)[6]
- A. rostrupii (Syd. & P.Syd.) E.Horak (1980)
- A. rubiicolor (Corner) E.Horak (1980)
- A. schichianus (Teng & L.Ling) E.Horak (1980)
- A. subflavidus (Murrill) Wolfe (1980)
- The cap color ranges from whitish to pale grayish yellow; the mushroom has a bitter taste.[2]
- A. subvirens (Hongo) Wolfe (1980)
- A. trinitatensis Wolfe (1988)[3]
- A. tristis (Pat. & C.F.Baker) Wolfe (1980)
References
- ↑ Wolfe CB. (1979). "Austroboletus and Tylopilus subgenus Porphyrellus, with emphasis on North American taxa". Bibliotheca Mycologica 69: 1–148.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kuo M. "Boletellus and Austroboletus (MushroomExpert.Com)". Retrieved 2009-06-20.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wolfe CB, Singer R, Walsh R. (1988). "Notes on neotropical Austroboletus species". Mycologia 80 (1): 46–53. doi:10.2307/3807492. JSTOR 3807492.
- ↑ May TW, Wood AE. (1995). "Nomenclatural notes on Australian macrofungi". Mycotaxon 54: 147–150.
- ↑ Halling RE, Osmundson TW, Neves MA. (2006). "Austroboletus mutabilis sp nov from northern Queensland". Muelleria 24: 31–36.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Singer R, Araujo I, Ivory M. (1983). "The ectotrophically mycorrhizal fungi of the neotropical lowlands". Beihefte Nova Hedwigia 77: 24–168.