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Tylopilus griseocarneus

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Tylopilus griseocarneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Tylopilus
Species:
T. griseocarneus
Binomial name
Tylopilus griseocarneus
Wolfe & Halling (1989)

Tylopilus griseocarneus is a fungus of the family Boletaceae. Described as new to science in 1989, it is found in the coastal plains of southern New Jersey and southern Louisiana in the United States, where it grows in sandy soil under oak and pine trees. Its fruit bodies have a convex, pale charcoal-colored cap measuring 4.3–11 cm (1.7–4.3 in) and 1.5–3 cm (0.6–1.2 in) thick.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ Wolfe CB Jr, Halling RE. (1989). "Tylopilus griseocarneus, a new species from the North American Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain". Mycologia. 81 (3): 342–6. doi:10.2307/3760072.
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