''Boletopsis leucomelaena'' is a species of hydnoid fungus in the family

Bankeraceae The ''Bankeraceae'' are a family of fungi in the order Thelephorales. Taxa are terrestrial, and ectomycorrhizal with plant species in families such as Pinaceae or Fagaceae. The family was circumscribed by Marinus Anton Donk in 1961. According ...

. It was originally described in 1801 as ''Boletus leucomelas'' by Christian Hendrik Persoon. Swiss mycologist

Victor Fayod Victor Fayod (23 November 1860 – 28 April 1900) was a Swiss mycologist, who created an influential novel classification of the agaric fungi and who described a number of new genera and species. Biographical overview Fayod was born on 23 Nove ...

transferred it to '' Boletopsis'' in 1889. The fungus is listed as a priority species in the United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan. ''B. leucomelaena'' is found in the

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region of North America, in Japan, and throughout Europe, although it is less common than the lookalike '' B. grisea''.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q10508078 Fungi described in 1801 Fungi of Europe Fungi of North America Fungi of Japan Thelephorales Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon