Xanthoconium montanum

Xanthoconium montanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Xanthoconium
Species: X. montanum
Binomial name
Xanthoconium montanum
Wolfe (1987)

Xanthoconium montanum is a species of bolete fungus in the genus Xanthoconium. Described as new to science in 1987, it is found in North Carolina, where it grows on sandy soil under Pinus strobus, Tsuga canadensis, and Rhododendron maximum. The specific epithet montanum refers to the location of the type collection, in the mountains of southwestern North Carolina.[1]

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References

  1. Wolfe Jr CB. (1987). "Studies in the genus Xanthoconium (Boletaceae). I. New species and a new combination". Canadian Journal of Botany. 65 (10): 2142–2146. doi:10.1139/b87-295.


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