''Buchwaldoboletus kivuensis'' is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae native to Africa.

Taxonomy and naming

Originally described by Paul Heinemann in 1951 as ''Gyrodon lignicola'', 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, tomentose-pulverulent and dry. Its color is cinnamon-brown. Easily peeled off the mushroom, the skin is separated from the flesh by a thin gelatinous layer. The pores are small and angular, ochraceous-decurrent, and the pore surface stains blue with injury. The stipe is cylindrical and eccentric, and there is a yellow

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at the stipe base. Spores measure 5.3–6.8 by 3.3–4.7

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Distribution

''Buchwaldoboletus kivuensis'' has been recorded in

Congo Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa: * Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...

, in the region of lakes Edward and

Kivu Kivu was the name for a large "region" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko that bordered Lake Kivu. It included three "Sub-Regions" ("Sous-Régions" in French): Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu and Maniema, correspondin ...

, at altitude 1650 m. It grows on soil covered with dry branches and on ''

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'' and ''

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'' plantations.

References

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q107530886 Boletaceae Fungi described in 1951 Fungi of Africa