Sutorius eximius (Peck) Halling, Nuhn & T.Osmundson

  • Family

    Boletaceae (Basidiomycota)

  • Scientific Name

    Sutorius eximius (Peck) Halling, Nuhn & T.Osmundson

  • Primary Citation

    Sutorius: a new genus for Boletus eximius.
    Mycologia 104: 955. 2012

  • Basionym

    Boletus robustus Frost non Fr.

  • Description

    Diagnosis: Pileus dry, rarely viscid (wet weather), very finely matted, brown to chocolate brown to violet brown. Context white and mottled brownish lilac, unchanging. Hymenophore adnexed, lilac to pale brown to violet brown. Stipe dry, with scissurate fine scales, lilac brown to violet brown. Spore deposit reddish brown. Spores ellipsoid to subfusoid, smooth, variable in length (shorter in speciimens in Central America). Hymenial cystidia present, scattered. Pileipellis a trichoderm. Clamp connections absent.

    Ectomycorrhiza: Fagaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Pinaceae, caesalpinoid legumes.

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

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