Boletellus projectellus

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Boletellus projectellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Boletellus
Species: B. projectellus
Binomial name
Boletellus projectellus
(Murrill) Singer (1945)[1]
Synonyms[1]

Ceriomyces projectellus Murrill (1938)
Boletus projectellus (Murrill) Murrill (1938)

Boletellus projectellus is a species of fungus in the family Boletaceae. The cap of the fruit body reaches up to 20 cm (7.9 in) in diameter, and features a projecting sterile margin for which the species is named. The spores, with a diameter of 18–33 by 7.5–12 µm, are the largest of any bolete found in North America.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Boletellus projectellus (Murrill) Singer, Farlowia, 2: 129, 1945". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-05-15. 
  2. Bessette AE, Roody WC, Bessette AR. (2000). North American Boletes. Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-8156-0588-1. 

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