''Xanthoconium montaltoense'' is a species of
bolete fungus in 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 ...
''. Described as new to science in 1987, it is found in
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
, where it grows on soil under ''
Betula lenta
''Betula lenta'' (sweet birch, also known as black birch, cherry birch, mahogany birch, or spice birch) is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southernmost Ontario, and south in the Appalachian Mounta ...
'' and ''
Tsuga canadensis''. The
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
''montaltoense'' refers to Mont Alto campus of
Pennsylvania State University
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, close to the
type locality.
See also
*
List of North American boletes
References
External links
*
Boletaceae
Fungi described in 1987
Fungi of the United States
Fungi without expected TNC conservation status
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