''Buchwaldoboletus'' is a

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of bolete fungi in the family Boletaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist

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in 1969. According to a 2011 survey of the genus, ''Buchwaldoboletus'' contains about a dozen species that are

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and

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. The genus name of ''Buchwaldoboletus'' is in honour of Niels Fabritius Buchwald (1898 - 1986), a Danish botanist and Professor of Phytopathology at a Agriculture College in

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. It was established by

in 1969'','' moving ''Pulveroboletus lignicola'' to position of the ''Buchwaldoboletus'' type species on account of its occurrence on wood (rather than in the ground), decurrent and arcuate pores, the yellow

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at the base of the stipe, the blueing flesh and lack of hyphal

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. Genera Buchwaldoboletus and ''

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'' form the group of fungi that is an early offshoot in the family Boletaceae, whose many members appear to be parasitic.

Species

The genus consists of the following species: * '' B. acaulis'' * '' B. brachyspermus'' * '' B. duckeanus'' * '' B. hemichrysus'' * '' B. kivuensis'' * '' B. lignicola'' * '' B. parvulus'' * '' B. pontevedrensis'' * '' B. pseudolignicola'' * '' B. spectabilis'' * '' B. sphaerocephalus'' * '' B. xylophilus''

References

External links

* * * Boletaceae Boletales genera {{Boletales-stub