Species

Leccinum manzanitae (Manzanita bolete)

Leccinum manzanitae. Photo: (c) Warren Cardimona, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Leccinum manzanitae is an edible species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. Described as new to science in 1971, it is commonly known as the manzanita bolete for its usual mycorrhizal association with manzanita trees. Its fruit bodies (mushrooms) have sticky reddish to brown caps up to 20 cm (7.9 in), and its stipes are up to 16 cm (6.3 in) long and 3.5 cm (1.4 in) thick. They have a whitish background color punctuated with small black scales known as…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
        Order: Boletales (Boletes and allies)
        Family: Boletaceae (Boletes)
        Subfamily: Leccinoideae
        Genus: Leccinum
        Subsection: Leccinum
        Species: Leccinum manzanitae (Manzanita bolete)

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