''Xanthoconium stramineum'' is a species of bolete fungus and the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

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 ''

Gyroporus The Gyroporaceae are a family of fungi in the order Boletales. The family is monogeneric, containing the single genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organis ...

'' by

William Alphonso Murrill William Alphonso Murrill (October 13, 1869 – December 25, 1957) was an American mycologist, known for his contributions to the knowledge of the Agaricales and Polyporaceae. In 1904, he became the assistant Curator at the New York Botanical Ga ...

in 1940, 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 Fungi described in 1940 Taxa named by William Alphonso Murrill {{Boletales-stub

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