| Boletus tylopilopsis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Boletaceae |
| Genus: | Boletus |
| Species: | B. tylopilopsis |
| Binomial name | |
| Boletus tylopilopsis B. Feng, Y.Y. Cui, J.P. Xu & Zhu L. Yang, 2015 | |
Boletus tylopilopsis Mycological characteristics | |
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 | Pores on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
 | Hymenium is adnate |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is edible |
Boletus tylopilopsis is an edible basidiomycete mushroom, of the genus Boletus in the family Boletaceae. Morphologically similar to the members of Tylopilus in the pinkish hymenophore and belonging to the porcini group (Boletus sect. Boletus), it was first described in 2015, and is known to be found only in China, Yunnan.
Morphology
The cap is 8.5 to 10.5 cm in diameter, hemispherical in shape; The surface is dry and distinctly rugose, dull yellow to yellow with olivacous tinge. The flesh is cream to yellowish in color and does not turn blue when bruised.
The pores are white-stuffed when young, becoming pinkish like those of Tylopilus spp., unchanged when bruised.
From 9 to 12 cm long; 1.5–2.2 cm thick; yellowish with reticulations concolorous to the pileus; shaped clavate to subcylindrical, tapered upwards.
Subfusiform, 12.5–15 x 4.5–5.5 μm.
Habitat and distribution
Solitary or gregarious in the subtropical Fagaceae forests in Southwest China.
References
- "Index Fungorum – Names Record".
- ^ Cui, Yang-Yang; Feng, Bang; Wu, Gang; Xu, Jianping; Yang, Zhu L. (November 2016). "Porcini mushrooms (Boletus sect. Boletus) from China" (PDF). Fungal Diversity. 81 (1): 189–212. doi:10.1007/s13225-015-0336-7. ISSN 1560-2745. S2CID 256068156.
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| Boletus tylopilopsis | |