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Boletus viscidocorrugis

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Boletus viscidocorrugis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Boletus
Species:
B. viscidocorrugis
Binomial name
Boletus viscidocorrugis
Both (1998)

Taxonomy

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Boletus viscidocorrugis is a fungus of the genus Boletus native to North America. It was described scientifically by Ernst Both in 1998.[1]

Description

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Cap slimy, very wrinkled, orange-brown; pore surface white to pale yellow becoming olive, not bruising; stem whitish to brownish, with white scabers that do not darken in age; flesh white, staining pink on exposure; cap bright red with ammonia; spores 14-19 μm long; found on ground under oak Quercus rubra and among or on decayed leaves; known only from western New York.[1][2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Both EE. (1998). "New taxa of boletes and two boletes with identity problems". Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 36: 215–32.
  2. ^ "Key to Boletus in North America". Retrieved 28 October 2018.
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