Leccinum arenicola

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Leccinum arenicola
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Leccinum arenicola found in Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Leccinum
Species:
L. arenicola
Binomial name
Leccinum arenicola
Redhead & Watling (1979)
Synonyms [1]
Leccinum arenicola
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Pores icon.pngPores on hymenium
Convex cap icon.svg Cap is convex
Bare stipe icon.svg Stipe is bare
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Spore print is reddish-brown
Mycorrhizal fungus.svgEcology is mycorrhizal
Mycomorphbox Question.pngEdibility is unknown

Leccinum arenicola is a species of bolete mushroom in the family Boletaceae. Described in 1979, the fruit bodies (mushrooms) grow in sand dunes from New Brunswick south to Cape Cod.

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Taxonomy

The species was first described by mycologists Scott Redhead and Roy Watling in the Canadian Journal of Botany in 1979. The type collection was made in the Kouchibouguac National Park in New Brunswick, Canada. [2] Josef Šutara transferred the species to Krombholziella in 1982 as he believed the generic name Leccinum to be illegitimate, [3] but his generic concepts have not been accepted by later authorities. [4]

Description

Fruit bodies have convex caps with ragged margins, and reach a diameter of 5–15 cm (2.0–5.9 in). The cap surface is dry and wrinkled, and develops cracks in maturity. Its color is orange to yellowish-orange, which fades in age to dull cinnamon or yellowish. The flesh is white, but will stain vinaceous (the color of red wine) to purplish gray when it is cut or otherwise injured. The pore surface is initially whitish to pale yellow or buff before changing to tan or pale yellow-brown in age; when bruised, it color deepens. There are about 1–3 circular pores per millimeter, and the tubes are up to 2 cm (0.8 in) deep. The stem is 8–14 cm (3.1–5.5 in) long by 1.6–2.5 cm (0.6–1.0 in) thick, enlarging towards the base. Its surface is dry, and is covered with hazel to vinaceous-buff scabers (tufts of tiny fibers, characteristic of the genus Leccinum) on a buff background color. [5]

Leccinum arenicola produces a cinnamon to pinkish-cinnamon spore print. The spores are somewhat spindle-shaped (tapered on each end), smooth, and measure 11–16 by 3–5  μm. [5]

Habitat and distribution

Fruit bodies of Leccinum arenicola grow singly, scattered, or in groups on the ground in coastal sand dunes between July and September. [5] Nearby plants typically found with the mushroom include American beachgrass (Ammophila breviligulata), beach heather (Hudsonia tomentosa) and sedges (Carex spp.). Redhead and Watling speculate that the fungus may be mycorrhizal with Hudsonia . [2] The distribution of the fungus ranges from New Brunswick, Canada, south to Cape Cod. [5] Leccinum arenicola is one of only three North American Boletaceae species that occur in coastal sand dunes; the others are Boletus abruptibulbus , found in Gulf Coast of the Florida Panhandle, and Phylloporus arenicola , described from Oregon. [6]

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Leccinellum lepidum is a species of bolete in the family Boletaceae. Originally described as Boletus lepidus in 1965, the fungus has gone through controversial taxonomic treatments over the years and was subsequently transferred to genus Krombholziella in 1985, to genus Leccinum in 1990, and to genus Leccinellum in 2003. It is the sister-species of Leccinellum corsicum, with which it had been erroneously synonymised by some authors in the past.

<i>Boletus nobilissimus</i> Species of fungus

Boletus nobilissimus is an edible basidiomycete mushroom, of the genus Boletus in the family Boletaceae. Long considered a variety of European Boletus edulis, it has become a species on its own in 2000, with 2010 molecular study finding that it is most closely related to B. atkinsonii, B. quercophilus of Costa Rica and then B. barrowsii of western United States. It is found in abundance in open oak forests after heavy rains and warm weather.

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