''Imleria'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

fungi A fungus (plural, : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of Eukaryote, eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and Mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified ...

in the family

Boletaceae The Boletaceae are a family of mushroom-forming fungi, primarily characterised by small pores on the spore-bearing hymenial surface (at the underside of the mushroom), instead of gills as are found in most agarics. Nearly as widely distributed ...

. It was erected in 2014 by Alfredo Vizzini as a new genus for what had previously been named ''Boletus badius'' or ''Xerocomus badius''. It was placed in its own genus because of its distinct morphological features and because it had previously been found to belong in its own genus in a

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study by Gelardi ''et al.'' (2013). Zhu ''et al.'' (2014) placed three more species in ''Imleria''. Species of ''Imleria'' can be found in Europe, North America and Asia. The genus is named in honor of Belgian mycologist

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(1900–1993).

Species

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Imleria badia ''Imleria badia'', commonly known as the bay bolete, is an edible, pored mushroom found in Eurasia and North America, where it grows in coniferous or mixed woods on the ground or on decaying tree stumps, sometimes in prolific numbers. Both ...

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Imleria heteroderma ''Imleria'' is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. It was erected in 2014 by Alfredo Vizzini as a new genus for what had previously been named ''Boletus badius'' or ''Xerocomus badius''. It was placed in its own genus because of its disti ...

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Imleria obscurebrunnea ''Imleria'' is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. It was erected in 2014 by Alfredo Vizzini as a new genus for what had previously been named ''Boletus badius'' or ''Xerocomus badius''. It was placed in its own genus because of its disti ...

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Imleria parva ''Imleria'' is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. It was erected in 2014 by Alfredo Vizzini as a new genus for what had previously been named ''Boletus badius'' or ''Xerocomus badius''. It was placed in its own genus because of its disti ...

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Imleria subalpina ''Imleria'' is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. It was erected in 2014 by Alfredo Vizzini as a new genus for what had previously been named ''Boletus badius'' or ''Xerocomus badius''. It was placed in its own genus because of its disti ...

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q19286081 Boletaceae Boletales genera