Caloboletus conifericola
| Caloboletus conifericola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Boletaceae |
| Genus: | Caloboletus |
| Species: | C. conifericola
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| Binomial name | |
| Caloboletus conifericola Vizzini (2014)
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| Synonyms | |
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Caloboletus conifericola | |
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 | Pores on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is olive-brown |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is inedible |
Caloboletus conifericola, commonly known as the dark bitter bolete,[1] is a species of mushroom-forming fungus in the family Boletaceae. It is found in the Pacific Northwest.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]Caloboletus conifericola was first described by E.A.Dick & Wally Snell in 1969, as a member of the genus Boletus. However, this name was already preoccupied by a fungus described by the Soviet botanist Lidia Alexandrovna Lebedeva in 1951. Alfredo Vizzini proposed the name Caloboletus conifericola when he circumscribed the genus Caloboletus in 2014.[3]
Description
[edit]The cap of Caloboletus conifericola is grayish-brown to olive gray[4] and about 3-10 inches (7-25 cm) across.[1] The stipe is about 2-10 inches (5-15 cm) long and about 1-2 inches wide at the top. It starts out wider at the base, but more or less evens out as the mushroom grows older.[1] The pore surface is yellow, and the mushroom oxidizes blue when bruised.[1]
Similar species
[edit]Caloboletus conifericola can be confused with Caloboletus calopus and Caloboletus frustosus. Caloboletus calopus has a more reticulated stipe than C. conifericola,[2] and C. frustosus has a more cracked cap.[4][2]
Habitat and ecology
[edit]Caloboletus conifericola is found in moss and leaf litter under conifer trees, especially grand fir and western hemlock.[1][2] It is found fruiting during early fall, soon after the rains come.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Schwarz, Christian; Siegel, Noah (2016). Mushrooms of the redwood coast: a comprehensive guide to the fungi of coastal northern California. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-1-60774-817-5.
- ^ a b c d "E-Flora BC Atlas Page". linnet.geog.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
- ^ Vinizzi, Alfredo (5 November 2014). "Nomenclatural novelties" (PDF). Index Fungorum. 146: 1.
- ^ a b Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joseph F.; Mello, Marsha (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press field guide. Portland, Or: Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5. OCLC 311779940.