Boletopsis

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Boletopsis
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Boletopsis leucomelaena
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales
Family: Bankeraceae
Genus: Boletopsis
Fayod (1889)
Type species
Boletopsis leucomelaena
(Pers.) Fayod (1889)

Boletopsis is a genus of mycorrhizal fungi in the family Bankeraceae. The genus was circumscribed by Swiss mycologist Victor Fayod in 1889, with Boletopsis leucomelaena as the type species. [1]

Species

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References

  1. Fayod V. (1889). "Sopra un nuovo genere di Imenomiceti". Malpighia (in Italian). 3: 69–73.
  2. Hjortstam 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.
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