Boletus sinoedulis is an edible basidiomycete mushroom, of the genus Boletus in the family Boletaceae. Morphologically similar to Boletus edulis and belonging to the porcini group (Boletus sect. Boletus), it was first described in 2015, and is known to be found only in China.[2]
| Boletus sinoedulis | |
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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. sinoedulis
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| Binomial name | |
| Boletus sinoedulis B. Feng, Y.Y. Cui, J.P. Xu & Zhu L. Yan, 2015[1]
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Boletus sinoedulis | |
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 | Pores on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is adnate |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is edible |
Morphology
editThe cap is 10 to 12 cm in diameter, initially convex in shape, before becoming broadly convex to plane as it ages; The surface is dry with small hair, yellowish brown to dark brown. The flesh is white and does not turn blue when bruised.
The pores are white when young, becoming yellowish to yellowish brown, unchanged when bruised.
From 9 to 10 cm long; 1.2–1.5 cm thick; white to pale gray to yellowish; reticulated; shaped clavate to subcylindrical.
Subfusiform, 14–17.5 x 5–6.5 μm.[2]
Habitat and distribution
editSolitary or gregarious in the subalpine conifer forests dominated by spruce or fir in Southwest 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.