''Caloboletus firmus'' is a
bolete fungus native to North America. Until 2014, it was known as ''Boletus firmus''. Recent changes
in the
phylogenetic
In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ...
framework of the family
Boletaceae prompted the transfer of this species, along with several other related boletes, including ''
Caloboletus calopus
''Caloboletus calopus'', common name, commonly known as the bitter beech bolete or scarlet-stemmed bolete, is a fungus of the Boletaceae, bolete family, found in Asia, Northern Europe and North America. Appearing in coniferous forest, conifero ...
'', to the genus ''
Caloboletus
''Caloboletus'' is a fungal genus in the family Boletaceae. It was circumscribed by Italian mycologist Alfredo Vizzini with ''Caloboletus calopus'' as the type species. The erection of ''Caloboletus'' follows recent molecular studies that outlin ...
''.
It was first
described scientifically in 1874 by American botanist
Charles Christopher Frost
Charles Christopher Frost (November 11, 1805 – March 16, 1880) was an American mycologist. He described several species of fungi from the New England area of the United States. In one paper, Frost described 22 new species of boletes, and he wa ...
from specimens collected in
New England
New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces ...
.
See also
*
List of North American boletes
References
External links
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firmus
According to the ''Historia Augusta'', Firmus (died 273) was a usurper during the reign of Aurelian. The contradictory accounts of his life and the man himself are considered to be a complete fabrication, perhaps based on the later Firmus.
Hist ...
Fungi described in 1874
Fungi of North America
Fungus species
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