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Leccinum boreale

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Leccinum boreale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Boletales
Family:
Boletaceae
Genus:
Leccinum
Species:
L. boreale
Binomial name
Leccinum boreale

Leccinum boreale is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. The bolete was described as new to science in 1966 by mycologists Alexander H. Smith, Harry Delbert Thiers, and Roy Watling.[1]

A motion in legislature proposed to make this the official fungus of Alberta in 2009.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Smith AH, Thiers HD, Watling R (1966). "A preliminary account of the North American species of Leccinum, section Leccinum". The Michigan Botanist. 5: 159.
  2. ^ http://www.edmontonjournal.com/mushroom+Alberta+official+fungus/1374272/story.html


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