Biology:Boletus subviolaceofuscus

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Boletus subviolaceofuscus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Boletus
Species:
B. subviolaceofuscus
Binomial name
Boletus subviolaceofuscus
B. Feng, Y.Y. Cui, J.P. Xu & Zhu L. Yan, 2015[1]
Boletus subviolaceofuscus
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Mycological characteristics
pores on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is adnate
stipe is bare
ecology is mycorrhizal
edibility: edible

Boletus subviolaceofuscus is an edible basidiomycete mushroom, of the genus Boletus in the family Boletaceae. Morphologically similar to Boletus violaceofuscus and belonging to the porcini group (Boletus sect. Boletus), it was first described in 2015, and is known to be found only in China, Yunnan Province.[2]

Morphology

Cap

The cap is 4 to 8 cm in diameter, initially convex in shape, before becoming broadly convex to plane as it ages; The surface is dry with small hair, dark purple to vinaceous brown. The flesh is white and does not turn blue when bruised.

Pores

The pores are whitish when young, becoming cream to yellowish, unchanged when bruised.

Stipe

From 4.5 to 10 cm long; 1.2–1.5 cm thick; concolorous or paler than the pileus; reticulated; shaped clavate to subcylindrical.

Spores

Subfusiform, 16–18.5 x 4.5–6 µm.[2]

Habitat and distribution

Solitary or gregarious in the Lithocarpus forests in Southwest China.[2]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q107527028 entry