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Boletopsis atrata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Thelephorales
Family:	Bankeraceae
Genus:	Boletopsis
Species:	B. atrata
Binomial name
Boletopsis atrata Ryvarden (1982)

Boletopsis atrata is a species of hydnoid fungus in the family Bankeraceae. It was described as new to science in 1982 by Norwegian mycologist Leif Ryvarden. It has a disjunct distribution, found in temperate forests of East Asia and Eastern North America, where it fruits at the base of hardwood trees and stumps, especially oak (Quercus) and chestnuts (Castanea).

References

1. Hjorstam K, Ryvarden L. (1982). "Aphyllophorales from Northern Thailand". Nordic Journal of Botany. 2 (3): 273–281. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.1982.tb01189.x.
2. Núñez M, Ryvarden L. (2000). East Asian Polypores. Volume 2 – Polyporaceae s. lato. Synopsis Fungorum. Vol. 14. Fungiflora. p. 233. ISBN 978-8290724233.

External links

Boletopsis atrata in Index Fungorum

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