Boletopsis [SEP] parent taxon
Boletopsis
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.
Species.
- "Boletopsis atrata" – Thailand
- "Boletopsis grisea"
- "Boletopsis leucomelaena" – Europe
- "Boletopsis nothofagi" – New Zealand
- "Boletopsis perplexa" – Scotland
- "Boletopsis singaporensis" – Singapore
- "Boletopsis smithii" – United States
- "Boletopsis staudtii
Cooper and Patrick Leonard as a new species. The species description of "Boletopsis nothofagi" appeared in the journal "MycoKeys" in 2012. The two authors chose the epithet "nothofagi" based on the characteristic of the fungus as mycorrhizal symbiont of "Nothofagus fusca". Swollen hyphae and smooth spores show that "B. nothofagi" is a member of the subgenus "Boletopsis" in the genus "Boletopsis".
"Boletopsis nothofagi" is a genetically clearly differentiated representative of the genus "Boletopsis", which according