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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Leccinum scabrum. Leccinum scabrum

Synonyms

Boletus scaber

Biostatus

Present in region - Exotic

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Caption: Watercolour
Owner: G.M. Taylor

Caption: Watercolour
Owner: G.M. Taylor

Caption: Watercolour
Owner: G.M. Taylor

Owner: Herb. PDD

Caption: fruitbody
Owner: J.A. Cooper

Caption: Upper dermatocystidia with brown granular content. Lower sub-surface pileal hyphae.
Owner: J.A. Cooper
 

Article: Gadgil, P.D. (in association with Dick, M.A.; Hood, I.A.; Pennycook, S.R.) (2005). Fungi on trees and shrubs in New Zealand. Fungi of New Zealand. Ngā Harore o Aotearoa 4: xi + 437 p. Hong Kong: Fungal Diversity Press.
Description: Type: Mycorrhizal Fungi; Description: Basidiomata pileate. Pileus brownish grey to dark brown, 50–110 mm in diameter, hemispherical, finely tomentose, dry; flesh white. Pore surface excavated around the apex of the stipe; tubes greyish white, up to 20 mm long; pores concolorous with tubes, round, 0.5 mm in diameter. Stipe more or less cylindrical, tapering towards the apex, greyish white, covered with dark grey scales, annulus absent, 50–130 mm long. Basidiospores elliptic-fusiform, 0-septate, 16–20 × 4–6 μm, smooth, yellowish brown.
Distribution: Distribution: Bay of Plenty, Taupo, Nelson, Mid Canterbury, Central Otago, Dunedin, Southland.; 1st Record: Rawlings (1951: as Boletus scaber).