Leccinum viscosum

Leccinum viscosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Leccinum
Species: L. viscosum
Binomial name
Leccinum viscosum
Halling & B.Ortiz (2009)

Leccinum viscosum is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. Found in Belize, where it grows in sandy soil near Pinus caribaea and Quercus peduncularis, it was described as new to science in 2009 by mycologists Roy Halling and Beatriz Ortiz. The bolete is classified in section Pseudoscabra of genus Leccinum.[1]

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References

  1. Ortiz-Santana B, Halling RE. (2009). "A new species of Leccinum (Basidiomycota, Boletales) from Belize". Brittonia. 61 (2): 172–174. doi:10.1007/s12228-008-9067-3.


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