Boletus subalpinus
Species of fungus
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Boletus subalpinus, commonly known as the gasteroid king bolete,[2] is a species of fungus in the family Boletaceae. The species was first described scientifically in 1969 by American mycologists Harry Delbert Thiers and James M. Trappe. It was originally named as a species of Gastroboletus but was found to be in Boletus sensu stricto in a 2013 molecular phylogenetics study.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Boletaceae |
| Genus: | Boletus |
| Species: | B. subalpinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Boletus subalpinus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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| Boletus subalpinus | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
 | Pores on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex or depressed |
 | Hymenium is adnexed |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is yellow-brown |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is unknown |
The cap is 5–12 centimetres (2–4+3⁄4 in) wide, buff, convex and then flattening. The flesh is whitish, staining bluish or sometimes pink.[2] The pores are pale then darken and produce no spore print.[2] The stalk is up to 6 cm long and 5 cm thick, pale and darkening with age, sometimes darker at the base.[2]
The species is found in California and Oregon.[3]
