Austroboletus asper

Austroboletus asper is a species of bolete fungus found in Australia. It was described only recently identified in 2020 by the mycologists Roy Halling, Katrina Syme, Gregory Bonito, Teresa Lebel, and Nigel Fechner.^[1] The species name is derived from the Latin word asper meaning 'rough'. Austroboletus asper is an interesting mushroom-forming fungus species found amidst the eucalyptus forests of southeastern Australia and Tasmania. It features including a dry cap and a stem adorned with subtle reticulations. This species has a cap with a pale appendiculate margin, whose spores are Q ≥ 3.^[2]

Austroboletus asper
Austroboletus asper growing in Hellyer Gorge, Tasmania, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Boletaceae
Genus:	Austroboletus
Species:	A. asper
Binomial name
Austroboletus asper K.Syme, Bonito, T.Lebel, Fechner & Halling (2020)

According to the state of Queensland, Australia, it has no conservation significance as of 20 May 2024, which means that its existence is not at threat.^[3]