Veloporphyrellus

Veloporphyrellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Boletaceae
Genus:	Veloporphyrellus; L.D.Gómez & Singer
Type species
	Veloporphyrellus pantoleucus; L.D.Gómez & Singer (1984)
Species
	V. africanus ; V. alpinus ; V. conicus ; V. gracilioides ; V. pantoleucus ; V. pseudovelatus ; V. velatus ; V. vulpinus

Last updated October 31, 2025

Veloporphyrellus is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. Species are characterized by having a pinkish to pinkish-gray hymenophore, a membrane-like partial veil that hangs from the cap margin, smooth spores, and a trichoderm-like cap cuticle.^[2]

Species

The genus, circumscribed in 1984,^[3] contains eight species.^[2]

Scientific name	Taxon author	Year
Veloporphyrellus africanus	Watling	1993
Veloporphyrellus alpinus	Y.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang	2014
Veloporphyrellus conicus	(Ravenel) B. Ortiz, Y.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang	2014
Veloporphyrellus gracilioides	Y.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang	2016
Veloporphyrellus latisporus	J. Khan & S. Ullah	2021
Veloporphyrellus pantoleucus	L.D. Gómez & Singer	1984
Veloporphyrellus pseudovelatus	Y.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang	2014
Veloporphyrellus velatus	(Rostr.) Y.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang	2014
Veloporphyrellus vulpinus	T.H.G. Pham, O.V. Morozova, A.V. Alexandrova & E.S. Popov	2019

References

↑ Watling R, Turnbull E (1992). "Boletes from South & East Central Africa – I". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 49 (3): 343–61. doi: 10.1017/s0960428600000585 .
1 2 Li Y-C, Ortiz-Santana B, Zeng N-K, Feng B, Yang ZL (2014). "Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Veloporphyrellus". Mycologia. 106 (2): 291–306. doi:10.3852/106.2.291. PMID 24782497.
↑ Singer R, Gómez LD (1984). "Veloporphyrellus, a new genus of Boletaceae from Costa Rica". Brenesia. 22: 293–4.

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[Watling1992-1] Watling R, Turnbull E (1992). "Boletes from South & East Central Africa – I". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 49 (3): 343–61. doi: 10.1017/s0960428600000585 .

[Li_2014-2] 1 2 Li Y-C, Ortiz-Santana B, Zeng N-K, Feng B, Yang ZL (2014). "Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Veloporphyrellus". Mycologia. 106 (2): 291–306. doi:10.3852/106.2.291. PMID 24782497.

[Singer1984-3] Singer R, Gómez LD (1984). "Veloporphyrellus, a new genus of Boletaceae from Costa Rica". Brenesia. 22: 293–4.

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