''Butyriboletus peckii'' 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 ''

Butyriboletus ''Butyriboletus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 2014 by mycologists David Arora and Jonathan L. Frank to accommodate "butter bolete" species that were shown by molecular phylogenetics, molecular anal ...

'' native to eastern North America. It was first described by

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 ...

in 1878. Until 2014, it was known as ''Boletus peckii''. 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 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 ...

''. In 2015, Kuan Zhao and colleagues published analysis that demonstrated that the bolete belongs to ''

'', closely related to ''

Butyriboletus pulchriceps ''Butyriboletus pulchriceps'' is a fungus of the family Boletaceae native to North America. It was first formally described in 2000 as a member of the genus '' Boletus'', and transferred to ''Butyriboletus ''Butyriboletus'' is a genus of fun ...

''.

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* Fungi described in 1878 Fungi of North America peckii Fungus species {{Boletales-stub

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