Austroboletus lacunosus (Kuntze)May & Wood

Better known as A. cookei, this bolete, growing in Nothofagus forests is recognised from its brown ridges on the stipe and its violet-tinted pores. Like most members of the genus, it is viscid and soft.
Kepler Track, Te Anau, South Island, 1999-04-16.



© Karl Soop, 1998