Austroboletus mutabilis

Austroboletus mutabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Austroboletus
Species: A. mutabilis
Binomial name
Austroboletus mutabilis
Halling, Osmundson & M.A.Neves (2006)

Austroboletus mutabilis a species of bolete fungus found in northern Australia. Described as new to science in 2006, it grows in dry sclerophyll woodlands. The bolete is characterised by the colour change—from deep red to orange to yellow—that occurs in the cap.[1]

References

  1. Halling RE, Osmundson TW, Neves MA (2006). "Austroboletus mutabilis sp. nov. from northern Queensland" (PDF). Muelleria. 24: 31–36.


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