Buchwaldoboletus


Buchwaldoboletus is a genus of bolete fungi in the family Boletaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Albert Pilát in 1969. According to a 2011 survey of the genus, Buchwaldoboletus contains about a dozen species that are saprotrophic and lignicolous.

Taxonomy

The genus name of Buchwaldoboletus is in honour of Niels Fabritius Buchwald, a Danish botanist and Professor of Phytopathology at a Agriculture College in Copenhagen. It was established by Albert Pilát in 1969, moving Pulveroboletus lignicola to position of the Buchwaldoboletus type species on account of its occurrence on wood, decurrent and arcuate pores, the yellow mycelium at the base of the stipe, the blueing flesh and lack of hyphal clamps. Genera Buchwaldoboletus and Chalciporus form the group of fungi that is an early offshoot in the family Boletaceae, whose many members appear to be parasitic.

Species

The genus consists of the following species:
ImageScientific nameTaxon authorYearDistribution
Buchwaldoboletus acaulis Both & B. Ortiz2011
Lesser Antilles and Martinique.
Buchwaldoboletus brachyspermus Both & B. Ortiz2011
Martinique.
Buchwaldoboletus duckeanus Both & B. Ortiz2011
Brazil
Buchwaldoboletus kivuensis Both & B. Ortiz2011
Congo
Buchwaldoboletus lignicola Pilát1969
across Europe from the far northern subarctic regions south to Switzerland, and North America from Ontario and Quebec south to Pennsylvania.
Buchwaldoboletus parvulus Both & B. Ortiz2011
India
Buchwaldoboletus pontevedrensisBlanco-Dios2013Spain
Buchwaldoboletus pseudolignicola Both & B. Ortiz2011
Japan.
Buchwaldoboletus spectabilisWatling1988Australia
Buchwaldoboletus xylophilus Both & B. Ortiz2011
Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, and Philippines