Tylopilus virens

Tylopilus virens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Tylopilus
Species: T. virens
Binomial name
Tylopilus virens
(W.F.Chiu) Hongo (1964)
Synonyms[1]
  • Boletus virens W.F.Chiu (1948)
  • Tylopilus virens (W.F.Chiu) F.L.Tai (1979)

Tylopilus virens is a bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae found in Asia. It was described as new to science in 1948 by Wei-Fan Chiu as a species of Boletus;[2] Japanese mycologist Tsuguo Hongo transferred it to Tylopilus in 1964.[1] The fruit body has a convex to flattened cap that is 2.5–8 cm (1.0–3.1 in) in diameter. The tubes on the cap underside are up to 2 cm long, while the roundish pores are about 1–2 mm wide. The mushroom is similar in appearance to Tylopilus felleus, but unlike that species, has a greenish cap when young. T. virens typically grows near the conifer species Keteleeria evelyniana. It has elliptical spores measuring 11–14 by 5.5–6 µm.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "GSD Species Synonymy: Tylopilus virens (W.F. Chiu) Hongo". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-12-03.
  2. 1 2 Chiu WF. (1948). "The Boletes of Yunnan". Mycologia. 40 (2): 199–231 (see p. 206). doi:10.2307/3755085.


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