Chalciporus amarellus

Chalciporus amarellus is a bolete fungus of the family Boletaceae, native to Europe. It was first described in 1883 by French mycologist Lucien Quélet as Boletus amarellus,^[2] and later transferred in genus Chalciporus by Frédéric Bataille in 1908.^[3]

Chalciporus amarellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Boletaceae
Genus:	Chalciporus
Species:	C. amarellus
Binomial name
Chalciporus amarellus (Quél.) Bataille (1908)
Synonyms[1]
Boletus amarellus Quél. (1883) Versipellis amarella (Quél.) Quél. (1886) Suillus piperatus var. amarellus (Quél.) Singer (1945) Chalciporus piperatus var. amarellus (Quél.) Pilát & Dermek (1974)

Genetically, this species is closely related to Chalciporus rubinellus.^[4][5]