Paxillus obscurisporus

Paxillus obscurisporus is a basidiomycete fungus found in Europe. It was described as new to science in 1999.^[1] It was originally given the name P. obscurosporus which was later corrected to 'obscurisporus' . It is visually similar to the brown roll-rim (P. involutus) but can grow much larger, up to 29cm across.^[2]

Paxillus obscurisporus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Paxillaceae
Genus:	Paxillus
Species:	P. obscurisporus
Binomial name
Paxillus obscurisporus C.Hahn (1999)
Synonyms
Paxillus obscurosporus C.Hahn (1999)