''Boletus gansuensis'' is a species of
bolete fungus in the family
Boletaceae. Found in China, where it grows in association with
Himalayan birch
''Betula utilis'', the Himalayan birch (''bhojpatra'', sa, भूर्ज ''bhūrjá''), is a deciduous tree native to the Western Himalayas, growing at elevations up to . The Latin specific epithet ''utilis'' means "useful", and refers to the ...
(''Betula utilis''), it was
described as new to science in 2003. The
fruitbodies of the fungus have red
caps, pinkish-red pores on the cap underside, and a somewhat furfuraceous
stipe (i.e., covered in scaly, branlike particles). The
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
refers to the
type locality in
Gansu Province
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibeta ...
, China. Similar species include the European ''
Suillellus queletii
''Suillellus queletii'' (formerly ''Boletus queletii''), commonly known as the deceiving bolete, is an uncommon, edible mushroom in the genus ''Suillellus''.
Naming
Originally described by Stephan Schulzer von Müggenburg in 1885 as a species ...
'', and the North American and Asian ''
Boletus subvelutipes
''Boletus subvelutipes'', commonly known as the red-mouth bolete, is a bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. It is found in Asia and North America, where it fruits on the ground in a mycorrhizal association with both deciduous and conifer ...
''.
See also
List of ''Boletus'' species
References
External links
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gansuensis
Fungi described in 2003
Fungi of China
Fungus species
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