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Austroboletus

Notes

Ectomycorrhizal on beech and tea-tree.
The genus is characterised by the deeply reticulate sculpturing on the stipe, pores whitish when young, becoming pinkish with age, not discolouring with damage, pore surface and tubes concolorous.
Two species in New Zealand.

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 Austroboletus lacunosus  
 Austroboletus niveus