Porphyrellus sordidus is a bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. It was originally described in 1874 by Charles Christopher Frost as a species of Boletus. Fruit bodies of the fungus have a convex to flattened cap measuring 4.5–13 cm (1.8–5.1 in) in diameter. The brownish cap surface is initially tomentose to felt-like, but develops cracks in age. All parts of the mushrooms bruise dark blue to greenish when injured. The spore print is reddish brown; spores are smooth, roughly elliptical, and measure 10–14 by 4–6 μm. The bolete is found in North America, where it grows on the ground under oaks and conifers. Its edibility was recently unknown,[2] but it is now considered inedible.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Boletaceae |
| Genus: | Porphyrellus |
| Species: | P. sordidus
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| Porphyrellus sordidus (Frost) Snell
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References
edit- ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Porphyrellus sordidus (Frost) A.H. Sm. & Thiers". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ Bessette A. (1997). Mushrooms of Northeastern North America. Syracuse University Press. p. 363. ISBN 978-0-8156-0388-7.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 284. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
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