Biology:Boletus separans
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Boletaceae |
| Genus: | Boletus |
| Species: | B. separans
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| Boletus separans Peck (1873)
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Boletus separans is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae.
Taxonomy
The species was described as new to science in 1873 by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck.[1] In 1998, Roy Halling and Ernst Both transferred the bolete to the genus Xanthoconium.[2] Molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 shows that it is more closely related to Boletus sensu stricto than to Xanthoconium.[3]
Description
The brownish cap is 4–12 centimetres (1 1⁄2–4 3⁄4 in) wide with dented pits. There are 1–3 pores per millimetre, white when young, aging to yellow.[4] The stem is 4–12 cm tall and 1.5–3 cm (1⁄2–1 1⁄4 in) thick. The flesh is white, with a mild scent and taste; the smell is unpleasant when dried. The spore print is brownish.[4]
It resembles Xanthoconium purpureum and Tylopilus rubrobrunneus.[4]
Habitat and distribution
It grows on the ground in the eastern United States from June to September.[4]
Uses
The species is a choice edible mushroom.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Peck CH. (1873). "Descriptions of new species of fungi". Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 1 (2): 41–72 (see p. 59).
- ↑ "Generic affinity of Boletus separans". Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 36: 239–243. 1998.
- ↑ "Phylogenetic overview of the Boletineae". Fungal Biology 117 (7–8): 479–511. 2013. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2013.04.008. PMID 23931115.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. pp. 328. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ↑ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
External links
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