Tylopilus orsonianus is a bolete fungus of the genus Tylopilus. It is found in the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana, where it fruits singly to scattered on root mats of forests dominated by the tree Dicymbe corymbosa. It was first described scientifically in 2007 by Tara Fulgenzi and Terry Henkel. The species epithet honors American mycologist Orson K. Miller, Jr.Fruit bodies of the fungus have velvety brown convex to flattened caps typically measuring 2.6–6.6 cm (1.0–2.6 in) in diameter. The spore print is flesh pink; the smooth spores are ellipsoid to somewhat fuse-shaped (subfusoid), inamyloid, and have dimensions of 11–14.5 by 4.9–7.4 μm.[1]
tylopilus, orsonianus, bolete, fungus, genus, tylopilus, found, pakaraima, mountains, guyana, where, fruits, singly, scattered, root, mats, forests, dominated, tree, dicymbe, corymbosa, first, described, scientifically, 2007, tara, fulgenzi, terry, henkel, spe. Tylopilus orsonianus is a bolete fungus of the genus Tylopilus It is found in the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana where it fruits singly to scattered on root mats of forests dominated by the tree Dicymbe corymbosa It was first described scientifically in 2007 by Tara Fulgenzi and Terry Henkel The species epithet honors American mycologist Orson K Miller Jr Fruit bodies of the fungus have velvety brown convex to flattened caps typically measuring 2 6 6 6 cm 1 0 2 6 in in diameter The spore print is flesh pink the smooth spores are ellipsoid to somewhat fuse shaped subfusoid inamyloid and have dimensions of 11 14 5 by 4 9 7 4 mm 1 Tylopilus orsonianusScientific classificationKingdom FungiDivision BasidiomycotaClass AgaricomycetesOrder BoletalesFamily BoletaceaeGenus TylopilusSpecies T orsonianusBinomial nameTylopilus orsonianusFulgenzi amp T W Henkel 2007 References edit Fulgenzi TD Henkel TW Halling RE 2007 Tylopilus orsonianus sp nov and Tylopilus eximius from Guyana Mycologia 99 4 622 627 doi 10 3852 mycologia 99 4 622 PMID 18065013 External links editTylopilus orsonianus in Index Fungorum nbsp This Boletales related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tylopilus orsonianus amp oldid 1197233664, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
