''Boletus shiyong'' is a species of

porcini ''Boletus edulis'' (English: cep, penny bun, porcino or porcini) is a basidiomycete fungus, and the type species of the genus ''Boletus''. Widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere across Europe, Asia, and North America, it does not occ ...

-like fungus native to Yunnan Province in Southwestern China, where it grows under ''

Picea A spruce is a tree of the genus ''Picea'' (), a genus of about 35 species of coniferous evergreen trees in the family Pinaceae, found in the northern temperate and boreal (taiga) regions of the Earth. ''Picea'' is the sole genus in the subfami ...

'' spp., ''

Pinus densata ''Pinus densata'', commonly known as the Sikang pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, ...

'', and ''

Quercus aquifolioides ''Quercus aquifolioides'' is a species of oak native to south-central China and Tibet. It is in the subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Ilex''. It is a shrub or small tree adapted to high elevations. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q11055557 aquifo ...

''. It is very closely related to ''

Boletus quercophilus ''Boletus quercophilus'' is a species of porcini-like fungus native to Costa Rica, where it grows under ''Quercus copeyensis ''Quercus copeyensis'' is a species of oak endemic to the Talamancan montane forests of Costa Rica and Panama. It is c ...

'' and ''

Boletus nobilissimus ''Boletus nobilissimus'' is an edible basidiomycete mushroom, of the genus ''Boletus'' in the family ''Boletaceae''. Long considered a variety of European ''Boletus edulis'', it has become a species on its own in 2000, with 2010 molecular study f ...

''; less closely to ''

Boletus aereus ''Boletus aereus'', the dark cep or bronze bolete, is a highly prized and much sought-after edible mushroom in the family Boletaceae. The bolete is widely consumed in Spain ( Basque Country and Navarre), France, Italy, Greece, and generally ...

''. The epiphet ''shiyong'' is the

Hanyu Pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...

transcription of the fungus's Mandarin epiphet, "edible", originally used to translate the epiphet of ''

Boletus edulis ''Boletus edulis'' (English: cep, penny bun, porcino or porcini) is a basidiomycete fungus, and the type species of the genus ''Boletus''. Widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere across Europe, Asia, and North America, it does not occu ...

''.

References

shiyong Fungi of China Fungi described in 2013 {{Boletales-stub