''Hemileccinum hortonii'' is a

fungus A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from th ...

of the genus ''

Hemileccinum ''Hemileccinum'' is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. It was erected in 2008 by Josef Šutara to contain two species united by a number of shared morphological features: '' H. depilatum'' and the type '' H. impolitum''. In 2014 ...

'' native to the United States. First described as variety ''corrugis'' of '' Boletus subglabripes'' by

Charles Horton Peck Charles Horton Peck (March 30, 1833 – July 11, 1917) was an American mycologist of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the New York State Botanist from 1867 to 1915, a period in which he described over 2,700 species of North American fun ...

in 1897, it was given its current name in 1971 by mycologists Alexander H. Smith and

Harry Delbert Thiers Harry Delbert Thiers (January 22, 1919 in Fort McKavett, Texas – August 8, 2000 in Ohio) was an American mycologist who studied and named many fungi native to North America, particularly California. Thiers taught mycology at San Francisco St ...

. The species is

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* Edible fungi Fungi of the United States Taxa named by Alexander H. Smith Fungi without expected TNC conservation status Boletaceae Fungus species Taxa named by Harry Delbert Thiers {{Boletales-stub

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