Austroboletus

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Austroboletus
Austroboletus occidentalis 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

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]

[edit] 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 stem 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. 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)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wolfe CB. (1979). "Austroboletus and Tylopilus subgenus Porphyrellus, with emphasis on North American taxa". Bibliotheca Mycologica 69: 1–148. 
  2. ^ a b c Kuo M. "Boletellus and Austroboletus (MushroomExpert.Com)". http://www.mushroomexpert.com/boletellus.html. Retrieved 2009-06-20. 
  3. ^ a b Wolfe CB, Singer R, Walsh R., C. B.; Singer, Rolf; Walsh, Rosemary (1988). "Notes on neotropical Austroboletus species". Mycologia 80 (1): 46–53. doi:10.2307/3807492. JSTOR 3807492. 
  4. ^ May TW, Wood AE. (1995). "Nomenclatural notes on Australian macrofungi". Mycotaxon 54: 147–150. 
  5. ^ Halling RE, Osmundson TW, Neves MA. (2006). "Austroboletus mutabilis sp nov from northern Queensland". Muelleria 24: 31–36. 
  6. ^ a b Singer R, Araujo I, Ivory M. (1983). "The ectotrophically mycorrhizal fungi of the neotropical lowlands". Beihefte Nova Hedwigia 77: 24–168. 

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