''Xanthoconium affine'' is a species of

edible An edible item is any item that is safe for humans to eat. "Edible" is differentiated from "eatable" because it does not indicate how an item tastes, only whether it is fit to be eaten. Nonpoisonous items found in nature – such as some mushroo ...

bolete fungus of the genus ''

Xanthoconium ''Xanthoconium'' is a genus of bolete fungi in the family Boletaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1944, who included ''Boletus affinis'' and what was then known as ''Gyroporus stramineus'' as the type species. These two s ...

''. First described as a species of '' Boletus'' by

Charles Horton Peck Charles Horton Peck (March 30, 1833 – July 11, 1917) was an American mycologist of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the New York State Botanist from 1867 to 1915, a period in which he described over 2,700 species of North American fun ...

in 1873, it was placed in its current genus by

Rolf Singer Rolf Singer (June 23, 1906 – January 18, 1994) was a Germany, German-born mycologist and one of the most important Taxonomy (biology), taxonomists of gilled mushrooms (agarics) in the 20th century. After receiving his Ph.D. at the University ...

in 1944.

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* Boletaceae Edible fungi Fungi described in 1873 Taxa named by Charles Horton Peck {{Boletales-stub

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