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 ...
of
mycorrhizal
A mycorrhiza (from Greek μύκης ', "fungus", and ῥίζα ', "root"; pl. mycorrhizae, mycorrhiza or mycorrhizas) is a symbiotic association between a fungus and a plant. The term mycorrhiza refers to the role of the fungus in the plan ...
fungi in the
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
Bankeraceae
The ''Bankeraceae'' are a family of fungi in the order Thelephorales. Taxa are terrestrial, and ectomycorrhizal with plant species in families such as Pinaceae or Fagaceae. The family was circumscribed by Marinus Anton Donk in 1961. According ...
. The genus was
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every polyg ...
by Swiss mycologist
Victor Fayod
Victor Fayod (23 November 1860 – 28 April 1900) was a Swiss mycologist, who created an influential novel classification of the agaric fungi and who described a number of new genera and species.
Biographical overview
Fayod was born on 23 Nove ...
in 1889, with ''
Boletopsis leucomelaena
''Boletopsis leucomelaena'' is a species of hydnoid fungus in the family Bankeraceae. It was originally described in 1801 as ''Boletus leucomelas'' by Christian Hendrik Persoon. Swiss mycologist Victor Fayod transferred it to '' Boletopsis'' ...
'' as the
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...
Boletopsis grisea
''Boletopsis grisea'' is a species of fungus in the family Bankeraceae. The fruit bodies are gray, fleshy polypores that grow on the ground in a mycorrhizal association with Scots pine (''Pinus sylvestris''). It is found in Asia, North America, ...
'' (Peck) Bondartsev & Singer 1941
* ''
Boletopsis leucomelaena
''Boletopsis leucomelaena'' is a species of hydnoid fungus in the family Bankeraceae. It was originally described in 1801 as ''Boletus leucomelas'' by Christian Hendrik Persoon. Swiss mycologist Victor Fayod transferred it to '' Boletopsis'' ...