Species

Xerocomellus zelleri (Zeller’s bolete)

Xerocomellus zelleri. Photo: (c) noah_siegel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

Xerocomellus zelleri, commonly known as Zeller’s Bolete, is an edible species of mushroom in the family Boletaceae. First described scientifically by American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill in 1912, the species has been juggled by various authors to several genera, including Boletus, Boletellus, and Xerocomus. Found solely in western North America from British Columbia south to Mexico, the fruit bodies are distinguished by their dark reddish brown to nearly black caps with uneven surfaces, the yellow pores…

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