Suillaceae

Suillaceae
Suillus luteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Suillaceae Besl & Bresinsky (1997)
Type genus
Suillus Gray (1821)
Genera
Psiloboletinus Suillus Truncocolumella

The Suillaceae are a family of fungi in the order Boletales (suborder Suillineae), ^[1] containing the boletus-like Suillus , the small truffle-like Truncocolumella , as well as the monotypic genus Psiloboletinus . As of 2008, there are 54 species in the family. ^[2] Gastrosuillus, once considered a distinct genus, has been shown with molecular analysis to be a recent evolutionary derivative of Suillus. ^[3] Fuscoboletinus, described by Pomerleau and Smith in 1962, has also been subsumed into Suillus. ^[4]

References

1. Binder M, Hibbett DS (2006). "Molecular systematics and biological diversification of Boletales". Mycologia. 98 (6): 971–981. doi:10.1080/15572536.2006.11832626. PMID   17486973.
2. Kirk et al., p. 672.
3. Kretzer A, Bruns TD (1997). "Molecular revisitation of the genus Gastrosuillus". Mycologia. 89 (4): 586–589. doi:10.2307/3760995. JSTOR   3760995.
4. Kirk et al., p. 269.

Cited literature

• Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.