''Austroboletus gracilis'' is a species of
bolete
A bolete is a type of mushroom, or fungal fruiting body. It can be identified thanks to a unique cap. On the underside of the cap there is usually a spongy surface with pores, instead of the gills typical of mushrooms. A similar pore surface i ...
fungus
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the family
Boletaceae
The Boletaceae are a Family (biology), family of mushroom-forming fungi, primarily characterised by small pores on the spore-bearing hymenium, hymenial surface (at the underside of the mushroom), instead of Lamella (mycology), gills as are found ...
. Originally described as ''Boletus gracilis'' by
Charles Horton Peck
Charles Horton Peck (March 30, 1833 – July 11, 1917) was an American mycologist of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the New York State Botanist from 1867 to 1915, a period in which he described over 2,700 species of North American fu ...
in 1872,
it was transferred to the genus ''
Austroboletus
''Austroboletus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. The widely distributed genus contains species that form mycorrhizal relationships with plants.
Taxonomy
E. J. H. Corner originally defined ''Austroboletus'' as a subgenus of ''Bole ...
'' by Carl B. Wolfe in 1979.
See also
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List of North American boletes __NOTOC__
This is a list of bolete species found in North America.
Bolding of the species name, and an asterisk (*) following indicate the species is the type species of that genus.
''Aureoboletus''
*''Aureoboletus auriporus''
*''Aureoboletus ge ...
References
External links
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gracilis
Fungi described in 1872
Fungi of North America
Taxa named by Charles Horton Peck
Fungus species
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