Butyriboletus is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 2014 by mycologists David Arora and Jonathan L. Frank to accommodate "butter bolete" species that were shown by molecular analysis to be phylogenetically distinct from Boletus. Butyriboletus contains 24 ectomycorrhizal species found in Asia, Europe, North America and north Africa.[1][2][3]

Butyriboletus
Butyriboletus appendiculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Butyriboletus
D.Arora & J.L.Frank (2014)
Type species
Butyriboletus appendiculatus
(Schaeffer) D.Arora & J.L.Frank (2014)

The group had earlier been classified as the section Appendiculati within the large genus Boletus. They were given the common name "butter boletes" as the color of their stalk, flesh and pores was similar to that of butter.[2] Genetic analysis published in 2013 shows that these species are part of a regius clade (named for B. regius), distinct from the core group of the type species B. edulis and relatives within the Boletineae.[4] The narrowing of Boletus to this latter group meant that this group would need to be placed in a separate genus, with Boletus appendiculatus (now Butyriboletus appendiculatus) designated as the type species. The genus name itself is derived from the Latin butyrum "butter".[2]

The butter boletes have red or brown caps, yellow pores and stipes that turn blue when cut or bruised in many species, and olive-brown spindle-shaped spores.[2] Their flesh is usually mild tasting.[5] Butyriboletus roseoflavus is a highly regarded edible mushroom sold in markets in southwestern and southeastern China,[6] while two other species—B. yicibus and B. sanicibus—are eaten to a lesser degree in Yunnan Province.[2]

Species

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Butyriboletus persolidus

The following species are recognized, though more may yet be described from Japan, Mexico and China.[2]

Image Name Taxon Author Year
  Butyriboletus abieticola (Thiers) D. Arora & J.L. Frank 2014
  Butyriboletus appendiculatus (Schaeff.) D. Arora & J.L. Frank 2014
  Butyriboletus autumniregius D. Arora & J.L. Frank 2014
  Butyriboletus brunneus (Peck) D. Arora & J.L. Frank 2014
Butyriboletus cepaeodoratus (Taneyama & Har. Takah.) Vizzini & Gelardi 2014
  Butyriboletus fechtneri (Velen.) D. Arora & J.L. Frank 2014
  Butyriboletus fuscoroseus (Smotl.) Vizzini & Gelardi 2014
Butyriboletus hainanensis N.K. Zeng, Zhi Q. Liang & Dong Y. An 2016
  Butyriboletus huangnianlaii N.K. Zeng, H. Chai & Zhi Q. Liang 2019
  Butyriboletus loyo (Phillippi) Mikšík 2015
Butyriboletus parachinarensis Naseer, Davoodian & Khalid 2021
  Butyriboletus peckii (Frost) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L. Yang 2015
  Butyriboletus persolidus D. Arora & J.L. Frank 2014
  Butyriboletus primiregius D. Arora & J.L. Frank 2014
  Butyriboletus pseudoregius (Heinr. Huber) D. Arora & J.L. Frank 2014
Butyriboletus pseudospeciosus Kuan Zhao & Zhu L. Yang 2016
  Butyriboletus pulchriceps (Both, Bessette & R. Chapm.) Kuan Zhao & Zhu L. Yang 2015
  Butyriboletus querciregius D. Arora & J.L. Frank 2014
  Butyriboletus regius (Krombh.) D. Arora & J.L. Frank 2014
Butyriboletus roseoflavus (Hai B. Li & Hai L. Wei) D. Arora & J.L. Frank 2014
Butyriboletus roseogriseus (Šutara, M. Graca, M. Kolařík, Janda & Kříž) Vizzini & Gelardi 2014
  Butyriboletus roseopurpureus (Both, Bessette & Roody) Kuan Zhao, G. Wu, Halling & Zhu L. Yang 2015
Butyriboletus sanicibus D. Arora & J.L. Frank 2014
  Butyriboletus subappendiculatus (Dermek, Lazebn. & J. Veselský) D. Arora & J.L. Frank 2014
Butyriboletus subsplendidus (W.F. Chiu) Kuan Zhao, G. Wu & Zhu L. Yang 2016
  Butyriboletus taughannockensis I. Safonov 2017
Butyriboletus ventricosus (Taneyama & Har. Takah.) Vizzini & Gelardi 2014
Butyriboletus yicibus D. Arora & J.L. Frank 2014

References

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  1. ^ Vizzini A. (2014). "Nomenclatural novelties". Index Fungorum. 162: 1. ISSN 2049-2375.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Arora D, Frank JL (2014). "Clarifying the butter Boletes: a new genus, Butyriboletus, is established to accommodate Boletus sect. Appendiculati, and six new species are described". Mycologia. 106 (3): 464–80. doi:10.3852/13-052. PMID 24871600. S2CID 207708824.
  3. ^ Zhai K, Wu G, Halling R, Yang ZL (2015). "Three new combinations of Butyriboletus (Boletaceae)". Phytotaxa. 234 (1): 51–62. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.234.1.3.
  4. ^ Nuhn ME, Binder M, Taylor AF, Halling RE, Hibbett DS (2013). "Phylogenetic overview of the Boletineae". Fungal Biology. 117 (7–8): 479–511. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2013.04.008. PMID 23931115.
  5. ^ Assyov B. (2012). "Revision of Boletus section Appendiculati (Boletaceae) in Bulgaria with a key to the Balkan species" (PDF). Turkish Journal of Botany. 36: 408–19. doi:10.3906/bot-1104-10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14.
  6. ^ Li H, Wei H, Peng H, Ding H, Wang L, He L, Fu L (2014). "Boletus roseoflavus, a new species of Boletus in section Appendiculati from China". Mycological Progress. 13 (1): 21–31. Bibcode:2014MycPr..13...21L. doi:10.1007/s11557-013-0888-4. S2CID 14238766.
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