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Pseudoaustroboletus

Pseudoaustroboletus Yan C. Li & Zhu L. Yang 2014, in Li et al., Mycological Progress 13(4), 1209 (2014).

Etymology: Named because of its phenotypic similarity to the genus Austroboletus.

Diagnosis: Basidiocarps stipitate-pileate with tubular hymenophore. Pileus hemispherical to applanate, not viscid when wet, with radially arranged filamentous squamules; context white to pallid, unchanged in color when injured. Hymenophore adnate to depressed around apex of stipe, white to pallid when young, and becoming pale pinkish or pinkish to pink when mature, unchanged in color when injured. Spore print pinkish to pink. Stipe pallid to white, reticulate with elongate meshes; context unchanging in color but occasionally with yellowish discoloration on the base of the stipe when bruised; mycelia white. Pileipellis an interwoven trichoderm. Pleurocystidia and cheilocystidia with brown to dark brown vacuolar pigment. Basidiospores smooth, pinkish to light olivaceous to nearly colorless. Clamp connections absent.

Index Fungorum Number: IF809890

Type Species: Pseudoaustroboletus valens (Corner) Yan C. Li & Zhu L. Yang 2014, in Li et al., Mycological Progress 13(4), 1209 (2014).

 

Species:

Pseudoaustroboletus valens (Corner) Yan C. Li & Zhu L. Yang 2014

Pseudoaustroboletus valens var. macrosporus (Corner) Yan C. Li & Zhu L. Yang 2014

Pseudoaustroboletus valens var. valens (Corner) Yan C. Li & Zhu L. Yang 2014

 

Reference:

Li, Y.C; Li, F; Zeng, N.K; Cui, Y.Y; & Yang Zhu L. (2014). A new genus Pseudoaustroboletus (Boletaceae, Boletales) from Asian as inferred from molecular and morphological data. Mycological Progress,13(4), 1207-1216.

 

 

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