''Tylopilus sultanii'' is a bolete fungus found in

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

and reported as new to science in 2014. Named after Pakistani mycologist

Sultan Ahmad Sultan Ahmed Mirza was the eldest son of Abu Sa'id Mirza on whose death he became the Timurid ruler of Samarkand and Bukhara from 1469 until 1494. During his rule, he successfully repelled at least one invasion attempt by the Kara Koyunlu, and fa ...

(1910–1983), it is one of three '' Tylopilus'' species found in the country; the others are '' T. pseudoscaber'' and '' T. felleus''. ''Tylopilus sultanii'' resembles ''T. pseudoscaber'', but differs from that species in having a cracked cap surface, no color changes in bruised flesh, and larger spores. Known only from the type locality of

Ayubia National Park Ayubia National Park ( ur, ), also known as Ayubia ( ur, ), is a protected area of located in Abbottabad District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. It was declared a national park in 1984. Ayubia was named after Muhammad Ayub Khan (195 ...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

province, it fruits under

conifer Conifers are a group of conifer cone, cone-bearing Spermatophyte, seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the phylum, division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single ...

s from July to September.

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* sultanii Fungi described in 2014 Fungi of Pakistan {{Boletales-stub