Austroboletus novae-zelandiae
(McNabb) Wolfe (1980) [1979]
Description:
A species that has numrous name changes over the years from Austroboletus novae-zelandiae to A. lacunosus and back again.
Common name: None
Found: Under leptospermum
Substrate: Ground
Spore: White
Height: 120 mm
Width: 80 mm
Season: Autumn
Edible: Unknown
Macro images:
Austroboletus lacunosus
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PDD 83019    Scale= 11 mm.
 
Austroboletus lacunosus
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PDD 83000    Scale= 13 mm.
 
Austroboletus lacunosus
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Scale= 13 mm.
 
Austroboletus lacunosus
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Scale= 13 mm.
 
Austroboletus lacunosus
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Scale= 11 mm.
Notice the water droplets that have gathered in the reticulated stipe.
Austroboletus lacunosus
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Scale= 11 mm.
 
Austroboletus lacunosus
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Scale= 13 mm.
Micro images:
Austroboletus lacunosus
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Magnification= 1000x
Austroboletus lacunosus has these wonderful spores with raised pegs concentrated around the centre of the spore.
 
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