Boletus subalpinus

Boletus subalpinus, commonly known as the gasteroid king bolete,^[2] is a species of fungus in the family Boletaceae. The species was first described scientifically in 1969 by American mycologists Harry Delbert Thiers and James M. Trappe. It was originally named as a species of Gastroboletus but was found to be in Boletus sensu stricto in a 2013 molecular phylogenetics study.^[1]

Boletus subalpinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Boletaceae
Genus:	Boletus
Species:	B. subalpinus
Binomial name
Boletus subalpinus (Trappe & Thiers) M.Nuhn, Manfr.Binder, A.F.S.Taylor, Halling, & Hibbett (2013)
Synonyms[1]
Gastroboletus subalpinus Trappe & Thiers (1969)

Boletus subalpinus Mycological characteristics
	Pores on hymenium
	Cap is convex or depressed
	Hymenium is adnexed
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is yellow-brown
	Ecology is mycorrhizal
	Edibility is unknown

The cap is 5–12 centimetres (2–4+3⁄4 in) wide, buff, convex and then flattening. The flesh is whitish, staining bluish or sometimes pink.^[2] The pores are pale then darken and produce no spore print.^[2] The stalk is up to 6 cm long and 5 cm thick, pale and darkening with age, sometimes darker at the base.^[2]

The species is found in California and Oregon.^[3]

See also

• List of Boletus species
• List of North American boletes