Tylopilus
Sign in to saveTylopilus is a genus of over 100 species of mycorrhizal bolete fungi separated from Boletus. Its best known member is the bitter bolete (Tylopilus felleus), the only species found in Europe. More species are found in North America, such as the edible species T. alboater. Australia is another continent where many species are found. All members of the genus form mycorrhizal relationships with trees. Members of the genus are distinguished by their pinkish pore surfaces.
Taxonomy · GBIF
Bitter Bolete
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderBoletales
- FamilyBoletaceae
Observations10,075
Groupfungi
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Tylopilus is a genus of over 100 species of mycorrhizal bolete fungi separated from Boletus. Its best known member is the bitter bolete (Tylopilus felleus), the only species found in Europe. More species are found in North America, such as the edible species T. alboater. Australia is another continent where many species are found. All members of the genus form mycorrhizal relationships with trees. Members of the genus are distinguished by their pinkish pore surfaces.
==Taxonomy== The genus was first defined by Petter Adolf Karsten in 1881. The type species, Tylopilus felleus, was originally described in 1788 as a species of Boletus by French mycologist Pierre Bulliard. Tylopilus means "bumpy or swollen pileus", from the Greek tylos "bump" and pilos "hat".