| Xanthoconium purpureum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Boletaceae |
| Genus: | Xanthoconium |
| Species: | X. purpureum |
| Binomial name | |
| Xanthoconium purpureum Snell & E.A.Dick (1962) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Xanthoconium purpureum is a species of bolete fungus in the genus Xanthoconium . It was described as new to science in 1962 by Wally Snell and Esther Dick in 1962. [2] It is found in eastern North America, where it fruits under oak, sometimes in oak-pine forests. [3]
