Suillus punctipes

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Suillus punctipes
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Suillaceae
Genus: Suillus
Species:
S. punctipes
Binomial name
Suillus punctipes
(Peck) Singer (1945)
Synonyms[2]
  • Boletus punctipes Peck (1878)
  • Ixocomus punctipes (Peck) Singer (1942)[1]

Suillus punctipes, commonly known as the spicy suillus, is a bolete fungus in the family Suillaceae.

Taxonomy

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The fungus was originally described in 1878 by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck as a species of Boletus. Collected from Gansevoort, New York, Peck described its distinguishing features as "its rhubarb-colored stem thickened at the base and the brownish color of the young hymenium".[3] Rolf Singer transferred it to Suillus in 1945.[4]

Habitat and distribution

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The bolete has been recorded from Taiwan.[5]

The species is edible but very soft.[6]

See also

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References

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