Spotted Bolete
Xanthoconium affine (Peck) Singer
Spotted Bolete: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/5048
Synonyms
Boletus affinis  Xanthoconium affine reticulatum  Xanthoconium affinis 
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22 Records

Status

Found scattered or in small groups on ground in mixed forests.

Description

Cap: Orange / yellow / brown ground color with paler spots; convex; flesh white. Pores: White to yellow; stain yellow / olive. Stalk: White with yellow tinge; bruises tan / pinkish; may have enlarged base. (J. Solem, pers. comm.)

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Xanthoconium affine
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Xanthoconium
Species:
X. affine
Binomial name
Xanthoconium affine
(Peck) Singer (1944)
Synonyms
  • Boletus affinis Peck (1873)

Xanthoconium affine is an edible species of bolete fungus[1] of the genus Xanthoconium. First described as a species of Boletus by Charles Horton Peck in 1873,[2] it was placed in its current genus by Rolf Singer in 1944.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 256. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  2. ^ Peck CH. (1873). "Descriptions of new species of fungi". Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 1: 41–72.
  3. ^ Singer R. (1944). "New genera of fungi". Mycologia. 36 (4): 358–68. doi:10.2307/3754752. JSTOR 3754752.
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