Biology:Boletus hortonii

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Boletus hortonii
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B. hortonii
Binomial name
Boletus hortonii
A.H.Sm. & Thiers (1971)
Synonyms[1]
  • Boletus subglabripes var. corrugis Peck (1897)
  • Leccinum hortonii (A.H.Sm. & Thiers) Hongo & Nagas. (1978)
  • Xerocomus hortonii (A.H.Sm. & Thiers) Manfr.Binder & Besl (2000)

Boletus hortonii is a fungus of the genus Boletus native to the United States. First described as variety corrugis of Boletus subglabripes by Charles Horton Peck in 1897, it was given its current name in 1971 by mycologists Alexander H. Smith and Harry Delbert Thiers.[2] The species is edible.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Boletus hortonii A.H. Sm. & Thiers, The Boletes of Michigan: 319, 1971". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICS.aspx?Table=Mycobank&Rec=270931&Fields=All. 
  2. Smith AH, Thiers HD. (1971). The Boletes of Michigan. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 319. 
  3. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2. 

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