| Albatrellus flettii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Albatrellaceae |
| Genus: | Albatrellus |
| Species: | A. flettii |
| Binomial name | |
| Albatrellus flettii Morse ex Pouzar (1972) | |
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Albatrellus flettii, commonly known as the blue-capped polypore, is a species of fungus in the family Albatrellaceae. It was originally described in 1941 by Elizabeth Eaton Morse as Polyporus flettii, but this naming was invalid as it lacked a Latin description. Zdeněk Pouzar transferred it to Albatrellus in 1972.
The bluish to tan caps are 5–15 centimetres (2–6 in) wide and often include a pattern small cracks revealing the light flesh. The spore print is white.
Similar species include the typically smaller Neoalbatrellus caeruleoporus and N. subcaeruleoporus, as well as Osteina obducta and members of Polyozellus.
The species is found in western North America, where it grows on the ground in coniferous forests.
References
Species of fungusAlbatrellus flettii Mycological characteristics | |
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 | Pores on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex or depressed |
 | Hymenium is decurrent |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is white |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is edible |
- Teixeira AR. (1992). "New combinations and new names in the Polyporaceae". Revista Brasileira de Botânica. 15 (2): 125–7.
- Audet S. (2010). "Essai de découpage systématique du genre Scutiger (Basidiomycota): Albatrellopsis, Albatrellus, Polyporoletus, Scutiger et description de six nouveaux genres". Mycotaxon (in French). 111: 431–64. doi:10.5248/111.431.
- "Albatrellus flettii Morse ex Pouzar". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
- Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.
- Morse EE. (1941). "A new polypore in Washington". Mycologia. 33 (5): 506–9. doi:10.2307/3754619. JSTOR 3754619.
- ^ Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- Pouzar Z. (1972). "Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Albatrellus (Polyporaceae) I. A conspectus of species of the North Temperate Zone". Ceská Mykologie. 26 (4): 194–200.
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