Boletus griseiceps
| Boletus griseiceps | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Boletaceae |
| Genus: | Boletus |
| Species: | B. griseiceps
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| Binomial name | |
| Boletus griseiceps B. Feng, Y.Y. Cui, J.P. Xu & Zhu L. Yan, 2015[1]
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Boletus griseiceps | |
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 | Pores on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is adnate |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is edible |
Boletus griseiceps is an edible basidiomycete mushroom, of the genus Boletus in the family Boletaceae. Morphologically similar to Boletus barrowsii and belonging to the porcini group (Boletus sect. Boletus), it was first described in 2015, and is known to be found only in Southeast China.[2]
Morphology
[edit]The cap is 5 to 11 cm in diameter, applanate; The surface is dry, brownish gray, covered with brownish gray tomentose squamules. The flesh is white and does not turn blue when bruised.
The pores are stuffed with white when young, becoming grayish to brownish, unchanged when bruised.
From 9 to 10 cm long; 1.5–2.3 cm thick; clavate to subcylindrical shape; colored pale gray to pale yellowish; reticulated.
Ellipsoid to ovoid, 7–9 x 4–6 μm.[2]
Habitat and distribution
[edit]Solitary or gregarious in the Fagaceae forests in Southeast China.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Index Fungorum – Names Record".
- ^ 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.