''Lanmaoa'' is a fungal
genus
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in the family
Boletaceae. It was
circumscribed
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Not every polyg ...
by Chinese mycologists Nian-Kai Zeng and Zhu L. Yang in 2015 to contain several species formerly classified in the genus ''
Boletus'' (''
L. carminipes'', ''
L. flavorubra'', ''
L. pseudosensibilis''), as well as the newly
described Asian boletes ''
L. angustispora'' and ''
L. asiatica''.
The erection of this genus follows recent
molecular
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studies that outlined a new
phylogenetic
In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ...
framework for the family
Boletaceae.
Zeng and Yang named the genus after Chinese naturalist (1397-1476).
References
External links
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Boletaceae
Boletales genera
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