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Alessioporus

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Alessioporus
Alessioporus rubriflavus
Alessioporus rubriflavus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Alessioporus
Gelardi, Vizzini & Simonini (2014)
Type species
Alessioporus ichnusanus
Species

Alessioporus is a fungal genus in the family Boletaceae. It was circumscribed in 2014 to contain the species formerly known as Xerocomus ichnusanus. Alessioporus ichnusanus is found in southern Europe, where it grows in association with oak species and less often Cistus species. It grows even less frequently with Castanea sativa and possibly with Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Pteridium aquilinum.[1]

This genus contains two recognized species:

References

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  1. ^ Gelardi, Matteo; Simonini, Giampaolo; Ercole, Enrico; Vizzini, Alfredo (2014). "Alessioporus and Pulchroboletus (Boletaceae, Boletineae), two novel genera for Xerocomus ichnusanus and X. roseoalbidus from the European Mediterranean basin: molecular and morphological evidence". Mycologia. 106 (6): 1168–1187. doi:10.3852/14-042. hdl:2318/151919. PMID 24895429. S2CID 207638131.