Boletus hortonii

 Boletus hortonii is a fungus of the genus Boletus native to the United States. First described as variety corrugis of Boletus subglabripes by Charles Horton Peck in 1897, it was given its current name in 1971 by mycologists Alexander H. Smith and Harry Delbert Thiers.[2] The species is edible.[3]

Boletus hortonii
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Boletales
Family:
Boletaceae
Genus:
Boletus
Species:
B. hortonii
Binomial name
Boletus hortonii
A.H.Sm. & Thiers (1971)
Synonyms[1]
  • Boletus subglabripes var. corrugis Peck (1897)
  • Leccinum hortonii (A.H.Sm. & Thiers) Hongo & Nagas. (1978)
  • Xerocomus hortonii (A.H.Sm. & Thiers) Manfr.Binder & Besl (2000)

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 Metasyntactic variable, which is released under the 
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