Boletus griseiceps

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]

Boletus griseiceps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Boletus
Species:
B. griseiceps
Binomial name
Boletus griseiceps
B. Feng, Y.Y. Cui, J.P. Xu & Zhu L. Yan, 2015[1]
Boletus griseiceps
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Pores on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnate
Stipe is bare
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is edible

Morphology
Cap

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.

Pores

The pores are stuffed with white when young, becoming grayish to brownish, unchanged when bruised.

Stipe

From 9 to 10 cm long; 1.5-2.3 cm thick; clavate to subcylindrical shape; colored pale gray to pale yellowish; reticulated.

Spores

Ellipsoid to ovoid, 7-9 x 4-6 µm.[2]

Habitat and distribution

Solitary or gregarious in the Fagaceae forests in Southeast China.[2]

References
  1. "Index Fungorum - Names Record".
  2. 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.
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