Biology:Xanthoconium affine
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Short description: Species of fungus
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Scientific classification 
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| Missing taxonomy template (fix): | Xanthoconium |
| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/XanthoconiumX. affine
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| Template:Taxonomy/XanthoconiumXanthoconium affine (Peck) Singer (1944)
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Xanthoconium affine is a species of bolete fungus of the genus Xanthoconium. First described as a species of Boletus by Charles Horton Peck in 1873,[1] it was placed in its current genus by Rolf Singer in 1944.[2]
The convex cap is 3.5–9 centimetres (1 1⁄2–3 1⁄2 in) wide and brownish. The pores are whitish, darkening with age. The stem is 3.5–9 cm tall and 1–2 cm thick. The flesh is white with a mild scent. The spore print is yellowish brown.[3]
It may resemble X. purpureum, Boletus separans, and Tylopilus felleus.[3]
It can be found under oak and beech trees in eastern North America from June to September.[3]
The species is regarded as edible.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Peck CH. (1873). "Descriptions of new species of fungi". Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 1: 41–72. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/65238#page/69/mode/1up.
- ↑ Singer R. (1944). "New genera of fungi". Mycologia 36 (4): 358–68. doi:10.2307/3754752. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0036/004/0358.htm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. pp. 366. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ↑ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 256. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q10720932 entry
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