Boletus russellii Frost

  • Family

    Boletaceae (Basidiomycota)

  • Scientific Name

    Boletus russellii Frost

  • Primary Citation

    Catalogue of boleti of New England, with description of new species.
    Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 2: 104. 1874

  • Homotypic Synonyms

    Boletellus russellii (Frost) E.-J.Gilbert

  • Description

    Protologue: Pileus pulvinate if expanded, otherwise thick hemispherical, fasciculate red pilose on a yellow ground, 2 to 4 inches broad. Tubes dirty yellow or yellowish green, rther large, nearly adnate, often depressed around the stem. Stem very long 3 to 6 inches in most specimens, small at apex, increasing downwards, red, rough with the margins of a sharp network of alveolate depressions and in some measure from the breaking up of the epidermis. Flesh yellowish, unchanging. Spores .0147–.0084 m.m. In rocky woods. July.

    Registration number: MB #201725

    Ectomycorrhiza: Quercus

    Distribution: Eastern USA, southward to Andean Colombia. Reported from Japan, but images of that taxon illustrate a smooth, brownish gray to gray pileus.

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