Sutorius Halling, Nuhn & Fechner

  • Family

    Boletaceae (Basidiomycota)

  • Scientific Name

    Sutorius Halling, Nuhn & Fechner

  • Primary Citation

    Sutorius: a new genus for Boletus eximius.
    Mycologia 104: 957. 2012

  • Description

    Protologue: A generibus Boletacearum sporis in cumulo rubrobunneis, inamyloideis, oblongis, levibus; contexto pallido, lilaceo vel roseobrunneo colubrino; fibulae nullis; pileo sicco, viscido ubi humido, fuscolilaceobrunneo o violaceobrunneo vel cacaino, raro margine sterili; hymenophoro adnexo, fuscoviolaceobrunneo o theobromino vel vinaceobrunneo ad extremum; stipite sicco, transverse scissuris squamuloso Leccino dissimilo, squamis fuscoviolaceobrunneo distinguenda.

    Etymology: Sutor(-ius) = Latin (m.) for cobbler; specifically Charles C. Frost, a Vermont shoemaker, who described the species Boletus robustus Frost non Fr., the type species of the genus.

    Registration number: MB563942

    Ectomycorrhizae: Myrtaceae, Casuarinaceae, Fagaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Pinaceae, caesalpinoid legumes.

    Distribution: Africa; E & SE Asia; Indomalaya; North & Central America; northern South America; Australia.

    Commentary: A new genus for Tylopilus eximius, Leccinum australiense and others (Africa, SE Asia).

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