Boletus kermesinus

Boletus kermesinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Boletus
Species: B. kermesinus
Binomial name
Boletus kermesinus
Har.Takah., Taneyama & Koyama (2011)

Boletus kermesinus is a species of bolete fungus. The fruit bodies are dark red with a sticky cap, and have a reticulate stem. Newly described in 2011, the fungus is known only from central Honshu, Japan, where it grows in subalpine coniferous forests.[1]

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References

  1. Takahashi H, Taneyama Y, Koyama A. (2011). "A new species of Boletus sect. Luridi from central Honshu, Japan". Mycoscience 52 (6): 419–24. doi:10.1007/s10267-011-0119-2.

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