''Boletopsis atrata'' is a species of
hydnoid fungus in the family
Bankeraceae
The ''Bankeraceae'' are a family of fungi in the order Thelephorales. Taxa are terrestrial, and ectomycorrhizal with plant species in families such as Pinaceae or Fagaceae. The family was circumscribed by Marinus Anton Donk in 1961. Accordin ...
. It was
described as new to science in 1982 by Norwegian mycologist
Leif Ryvarden.
It has a
disjunct distribution
In biology, a taxon with a disjunct distribution is one that has two or more groups that are related but considerably separated from each other geographically. The causes are varied and might demonstrate either the expansion or contraction of a s ...
, found in
temperate forests of
East Asia and Eastern North America, where it fruits at the base of hardwood trees and stumps, especially oak (''
Quercus'') and chestnuts (''
Castanea
The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
The name also refers to the edible nut (fruit), nuts they produce.
Th ...
'').
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Fungi described in 1982
Fungi of Asia
Fungi of North America
Thelephorales
Taxa named by Leif Ryvarden
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