''Leccinum boreale'' 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 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 ...
. The bolete was
described as new to science in 1966 by mycologists
Alexander H. Smith,
Harry Delbert Thiers, and
Roy Watling.
A motion in legislature proposed to make this the official fungus of
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
in 2009.
See also
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List of ''Leccinum'' species
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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
Fungi described in 1966
Fungi of the United States
boreale
Taxa named by Harry Delbert Thiers
Taxa named by Alexander H. Smith
Fungi without expected TNC conservation status
Fungus species
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