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]
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Genus: | Veloporphyrellus L.D.Gómez & Singer
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Veloporphyrellus pantoleucus L.D.Gómez & Singer (1984)
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V. africanus[1] |
Species
editThe genus, circumscribed in 1984,[3] contains eight species.[2]
Scientific Name | Taxon author | Year |
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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- ^ Watling R, Turnbull E (1992). "Boletes from South & East Central Africa – I". Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 49 (3): 343–61. doi:10.1017/s0960428600000585.
- ^ 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. PMID 24782497.
- ^ Singer R, Gómez LD (1984). "Veloporphyrellus, a new genus of Boletaceae from Costa Rica". Brenesia. 22: 293–4.