Boletus subviolaceofuscus

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.[2]

Boletus subviolaceofuscus
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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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Pores on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnate
Stipe is bare
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is edible

Morphology

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Index Fungorum – Names Record".
  2. ^ a b c Cui, Yang-Yang; Feng, Bang; Wu, Gang; Xu, Jianping; Yang, Zhu L. (November 2016). "Porcini mushrooms (Boletus sect. Boletus) from China" (PDF). Fungal Diversity. 81 (1): 189–212. doi:10.1007/s13225-015-0336-7. ISSN 1560-2745. S2CID 256068156.
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