Veloporphyrellus

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Veloporphyrellus
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Veloporphyrellus

L.D.Gómez & Singer
Type species
Veloporphyrellus pantoleucus
L.D.Gómez & Singer (1984)
Species

V. africanus[1]
V. alpinus
V. conicus
V. gracilioides
V. pantoleucus
V. pseudovelatus
V. velatus
V. vulpinus

Veloporphyrellus is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. Species are characterized by having a pinkish to pinkish-gray hymenophore, a membrane-like partial veil that hangs from the cap margin, smooth spores, and a trichoderm-like cap cuticle.[2]

Species[edit]

The genus, circumscribed in 1984,[3] contains eight species.[2]

Scientific Name Taxon author Year
Veloporphyrellus africanus Watling 1993
Veloporphyrellus alpinus Y.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang 2014
Veloporphyrellus conicus (Ravenel) B. Ortiz, Y.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang 2014
Veloporphyrellus gracilioides Y.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang 2016
Veloporphyrellus latisporus J. Khan & S. Ullah 2021
Veloporphyrellus pantoleucus L.D. Gómez & Singer 1984
Veloporphyrellus pseudovelatus Y.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang 2014
Veloporphyrellus velatus (Rostr.) Y.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang 2014
Veloporphyrellus vulpinus T.H.G. Pham, O.V. Morozova, A.V. Alexandrova & E.S. Popov 2019

References[edit]

  1. ^ Watling R, Turnbull E (1992). "Boletes from South & East Central Africa – I". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 49: 343–61. doi:10.1017/s0960428600000585.
  2. ^ a b Li Y-C, Ortiz-Santana B, Zeng N-K, Feng B, Yang ZL (2014). "Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Veloporphyrellus". Mycologia. 106 (2): 291–306. doi:10.3852/106.2.291.
  3. ^ Singer R, Gómez LD (1984). "Veloporphyrellus, a new genus of Boletaceae from Costa Rica". Brenesia. 22: 293–4.