Taxon Details: Phlebopus (R.Heim) Singer
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Family:

Boletinellaceae (Basidiomycota)
Scientific Name:

Phlebopus (R.Heim) Singer
Primary Citation:

Das System der Agaricales.
Ann. Mycol. 34: 326. 1936
Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.
Description:

Diagnosis: Pileus dry to subviscid, glabrous, microscopically a trichodermium. Context white or pale yellow, unchanging or staining blue. Hymenophore adnate, tubulose, staining blue or not. Stipe dry, glabrous. Spores olive brown in deposit, smooth, short-ellipsoid. Hymenial cystidia sometimes present. Clamp connections present.

Type species: Boletus colossus R. Heim, Revue Mycol., Paris 1: 6. 1936.

Registration number: MB 18257

Ectomycorrhiza: Absent or possibly facultative with legumes. Some associated with Insecta (aphids).

Distribution: Pantropical and subtropical to south temperate (Australia).