Gray Bolete
Retiboletus griseus (Frost) Manfr. Binder & Bresinsky
Gray Bolete: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/17511
Synonyms
Boletus griseus 
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6 Records

Status

Found scattered on ground in mixed, mostly oak, forests.

Description

Cap: varying shades of brown / gray, dry, convex to almost flat; flesh whitish. Pores: White to gray-brown; may bruise more intense brown / gray. Stalk: Thick, strong reticulated stalk may show yellow from base up, also when handled; stalk flesh yellow although frequently infested by insects. (J. Solem, pers. comm.)

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Retiboletus griseus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Retiboletus
Species:
R. griseus
Binomial name
Retiboletus griseus
(Frost) Manfr. Binder & Bresinsky (2002)
Synonyms[1]
  • Boletus griseus Frost (1878)
  • Ceriomyces griseus (Frost) Murrill (1909)
  • Xerocomus griseus (Frost) Singer (1942)
  • Tubiporus griseus (Frost) S.Imai (1968)
Retiboletus griseus[2]
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Pores on hymenium
Cap is convex
Spore print is yellow-brown
Ecology is mycorrhizal

Retiboletus griseus, commonly known as the gray bolete, is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. The species was first described scientifically in 1878 by American botanist Charles Christopher Frost.[3] It was transferred to Retiboletus in 2002.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Retiboletus ornatipes (Frost) Manfr. Binder & Bresinsky 2002". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
  2. ^ Kuo, M. (2016, October). Retiboletus griseus. Retrieved from the MushroomExpert.Com Web site: http://www.mushroomexpert.com/retiboletus_griseus.html
  3. ^ Peck CH. (1878). "Report of the Botanist (1875)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 29: 29–82.
  4. ^ Binder M, Bresinsky A. (2002). "Retiboletus, a new genus for a species-complex in the Boletaceae producing retipolides". Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis. 113 (1–2): 30–40. doi:10.1002/1522-239x(200205)113:1/2<30::aid-fedr30>3.0.co;2-d.
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