''Hemileccinum'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

fungi 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 ...

in the family

Boletaceae The Boletaceae are a family of mushroom-forming fungi, primarily characterised by small pores on the spore-bearing hymenial surface (at the underside of the mushroom), instead of gills as are found in most agarics. Nearly as widely distributed ...

. It was erected in 2008 by Josef Šutara to contain two species united by a number of shared morphological features: '' H. depilatum'' and the type '' H. impolitum''. In 2014, Wu ''et al.'' found it to be distinct from other bolete genera in a

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

study and found it to be most closely related to ''

Corneroboletus ''Corneroboletus'' is a fungal genus in the family Boletaceae. It was circumscribed in 2012 to contain the species formerly known as ''Boletus indecorus''. ''Corneroboletus indecorus'' is found in southeastern Asia, where it grows on the ground ...

''. In 2015, '' H. subglabripes'' was transferred to ''Hemileccinum'' from ''Boletus'' based on DNA evidence, while subsequent studies further confirmed the

monophyly In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic grou ...

of the genus. Morphological Features of Xerocomoid Boletes

References

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