Phlebopus marginatus

Phlebopus marginatus
In New South Wales, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletinellaceae
Genus: Phlebopus
Species:
P. marginatus
Binomial name
Phlebopus marginatus
Watling & N.M.Greg. (1988)
Synonyms[3][4]
  • Boletus marginatus J.Drumm. (1845)
  • Boletus portentosus Berk. & Broome (1873)
  • Phlebopus portentosus (Berk. & Broome) Boedijn (1951)[1]
  • Phaeogyroporus portentosus (Berk. & Broome) McNabb (1968)[2]
  • Boletus brevitubus M.Zang (1991)
Phlebopus marginatus
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Pores on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is seceding
Stipe is bare
Spore print is brown
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is edible

Phlebopus marginatus, commonly known as the salmon gum mushroom in Western Australia, is a member of the Boletales or pored fungi. An imposing sight in forests of south-eastern and south-western Australia, it is possibly Australia's largest terrestrial mushroom, with the weight of one specimen from Victoria recorded at 29 kg (64 lb). Initially described in 1845 as Boletus marginatus, and also previously known by scientific names such as Phaeogyroporus portentosus and Boletus portentosus, it is not as closely related to typical boletes as previously thought.

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