''Buchwaldoboletus brachyspermus'' is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae native to

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Taxonomy and naming

Originally described by David Norman Pegler as ''Pulveroboletus brachyspermus'' in 1983, it was given its current name by

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and

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in ''A preliminary survey of the genus Buchwaldoboletus'', published in „Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences” in 2011.

Description

The cap is convex and viscid. Its color is brown. Unlike many ''Buchwaldoboletus'' species, the skin is not separated from the flesh by a thin gelatinous layer. The pores are small and angular, olivaceous yellow, bruising greenish blue. The stipe is russet-colored with a yellow floccose layer over the basal area, and there is a yellow bluing

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at the stipe base. Spores are small and measure 4.7–6.2 by 3.5–4.2

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Distribution and ecology

''Buchwaldoboletus brachyspermus'' has been recorded in Martinique, growing on decaying wood of dicotyledon plants in xero-mesophytic forests.

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q107530882 Boletaceae Fungi described in 1983 Fungi of the Caribbean