''Xanthoconium montanum'' 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
North Carolina
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, where it grows on sandy soil under ''
Pinus strobus
''Pinus strobus'', commonly called the eastern white pine, northern white pine, white pine, Weymouth pine (British), and soft pine is a large pine native to eastern North America. It occurs from Newfoundland, Canada west through the Great Lake ...
'', ''
Tsuga canadensis'', and ''
Rhododendron maximum''. 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 ...
''montanum'' refers to the location of the
type
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collection, in the mountains of southwestern North Carolina.
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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