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Leccinum boreale
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Boletaceae
Genus:	Leccinum
Species:	L. boreale
Binomial name
Leccinum boreale A.H.Sm., Thiers & Watling (1966)

Leccinum boreale is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. The bolete was described as new to science in 1966 by mycologists Alexander H. Smith, Harry Delbert Thiers, and Roy Watling.

A motion in legislature proposed to make this the official fungus of Alberta in 2009.

See also

• List of Leccinum species
• List of North American boletes

References

1. Smith AH, Thiers HD, Watling R (1966). "A preliminary account of the North American species of Leccinum, section Leccinum". The Michigan Botanist. 5: 159.
2. "MLAs support official mushroom motion". Archived from the original on 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2019-01-27.

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