Suillus punctipes
Species of fungus
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Suillus punctipes, commonly known as the spicy suillus, is a bolete fungus in the family Suillaceae.
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Suillaceae |
| Genus: | Suillus |
| Species: | S. punctipes |
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Taxonomy
The fungus was originally described in 1878 by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck as a species of Boletus. Collected from Gansevoort, New York, Peck described its distinguishing features as "its rhubarb-colored stem thickened at the base and the brownish color of the young hymenium".[3] Rolf Singer transferred it to Suillus in 1945.[4]
Habitat and distribution
The bolete has been recorded from Taiwan.[5]
