''Boletus bainiugan'' is a species of

porcini ''Boletus edulis'' (English: cep, penny bun, porcino or porcini) is a basidiomycete fungus, and the type species of the genus ''Boletus''. Widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere across Europe, Asia, and North America, it does not occ ...

-like fungus native to Henan, Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces in Central and Southwestern China, where it grows under ''

Pinus yunnanensis ''Pinus yunnanensis'', the Yunnan pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is found in the Chinese provinces of Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of t ...

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Pinus kesiya ''Pinus kesiya'' (Khasi pine, Benguet pine or three-needled pine) is one of the most widely distributed pines in Asia. Its range extends south and east from the Khasi Hills in the northeast Indian state of Meghalaya Meghalaya (, or , meaning ...

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Castanea mollissima ''Castanea mollissima'' (), also known as the Chinese chestnut, is a member of the family Fagaceae, and a species of chestnut native to China, Taiwan, and Korea. Description It is a deciduous tree growing to 20 m tall with a broad crown. ...

''. It is closely related to '' Boletus reticulatus''. The epiphet ''bainiugan'' is the

Hanyu Pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...

transcription of the fungus's Mandarin name, "white porcini". The other epiphet ''meiweiniuganjun'' likewise is a transcription of "delicious porcini", a name originally used to translate the epiphet of ''

Boletus edulis ''Boletus edulis'' (English: cep, penny bun, porcino or porcini) is a basidiomycete fungus, and the type species of the genus ''Boletus''. Widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere across Europe, Asia, and North America, it does not occu ...

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bainiugan Fungi of China Fungi described in 2013 {{Boletales-stub