''Sutorius'' is a
genus
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of
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. Its type species is the widely distributed ''
Sutorius eximius'' (formerly referred to the genera ''
Boletus'', ''
Ceriomyces'', ''
Leccinum
''Leccinum'' is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. It was the name given first to a series of fungi within the genus ''Boletus'', then erected as a new genus last century. Their main distinguishing feature is the small, rigid projections ...
'', and ''
Tylopilus''). The Asian ''Boletus obscureumbrinus'', found in Japan and China, was described by Japanese mycologist
Tsuguo Hongo
was a Japanese mycologist who specialized in the biogeography and taxonomy of Agaricales. Hongo entered the Department of Biology at what is now Hiroshima University in 1943, where he studied botany until graduating in 1946 with a B.Sc.
Hongo ...
in 1968, moved to genus ''Sutorius'' in 2016, but then reclassified into genus ''
Neoboletus'' in 2019. The Australian ''
Sutorius australiensis'' and the southern Chinese ''
Sutorius subrufus'' also belong to the genus.
circumscribed
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by Roy Edward Halling, Mitchell E. Nuhn and Nigel A. Fechner in Mycologia Vol.104 (Issue 4), on page 955 in 2012.
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Boletaceae
Boletales genera
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