''Pseudoboletus'' is a

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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 genus contains two species found in north temperate areas that grow in a

parasitic Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The ent ...

association with species of ''

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'' and ''

Pisolithus ''Pisolithus'' is a genus of fungi within the family Sclerodermataceae (suborder Sclerodermatineae). Species As accepted by Species Fungorum ''Index Fungorum'' is an international project to index all formal names (Binomial nomenclature, s ...

''.

Species

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lists the following species in ''Pseudoboletus'':

References

Boletaceae Boletales genera {{Boletales-stub