Fistulinella nivea is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae found in New Zealand. First described by mycologist Greta Stevenson in 1962 as a species of Tylopilus,[2] it was transferred to the genus Fistulinella by Rolf Singer.[3] Stevenson originally discovered the bolete in 1955 at Tōtaranui, where it was growing under Nothofagus. Its fruitbody has a white cap with a diameter of up to 3 cm (1.2 in) atop a stipe measuring up 7 cm (2.8 in) long and 1–1.5 cm (0.4–0.6 in) thick. The pores on the cap underside are up to 1.5 mm in diameter. The pore surface is initially white before changing to pale pink. Spores are ellipsoid, hyaline (translucent), and measure 17–18 by 6–7 μm.[2]

Fistulinella nivea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Fistulinella
Species:
F. nivea
Binomial name
Fistulinella nivea
(G.Stev.) Singer (1983)
Synonyms[1]
  • Tylopilus niveus G.Stev. (1962)
  • Porphyrellus niveus (G.Stev.) McNabb (1967)
  • Austroboletus niveus (G.Stev.) Wolfe (1980)

References

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  1. ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Fistulinella nivea (G. Stev.) Singer". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
  2. ^ a b Stevenson G. (1961). "The Agaricales of New Zealand. I. Boletaceae and Strobilomycetaceae". Kew Bulletin. 15 (3): 381–385. doi:10.2307/4115593. JSTOR 4115593.
  3. ^ Singer R, Araujo I, Ivory HM (1983). "The Ectotrophically Mycorrhizal Fungi of the Neotropical Lowlands, Especially Central Amazonia". Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia. 77: 1–352 (see p. 143).
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