Albatrellus flettii
| Albatrellus flettii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Albatrellaceae |
| Genus: | Albatrellus |
| Species: | A. flettii
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| Binomial name | |
| Albatrellus flettii | |
| Synonyms[4] | |
Albatrellus flettii, commonly known as the blue-capped polypore,[5] is a species of fungus in the family Albatrellaceae.
Taxonomy
The species was originally described in 1941 by Elizabeth Eaton Morse as Polyporus flettii,[6] but this naming was invalid as it lacked a Latin description. Zdeněk Pouzar transferred it to Albatrellus in 1972.
Description
The bluish to tan caps are 5–20 centimetres (2–8 in) wide[5] and often include a pattern of small cracks revealing the light flesh. There are 1–4 white pores per millimetre, staining reddish with age. The tubes are decurrent and up to 7 mm long.[5] The stalk is up to 15 cm long and 4 cm thick, solid, pale in youth and ochraceous in age.[5] The spore print is white.[7]
Similar species
Similar species include the typically smaller Neoalbatrellus caeruleoporus and N. subcaeruleoporus, as well as Osteina obducta and members of Polyozellus.[7]
Distribution and habitat
The species is found in western North America, where it grows on the ground in coniferous forests.[8]
Uses
The species is edible, but is probably not choice.[5]
References
| Albatrellus flettii | |
|---|---|
| Pores on hymenium | |
| Cap is convex or depressed | |
| Hymenium is decurrent | |
| Stipe is bare | |
| Spore print is white | |
| Ecology is saprotrophic | |
| Edibility is edible | |
- ^ NatureServe. "Albatrellus flettii". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
- ^ Teixeira AR. (1992). "New combinations and new names in the Polyporaceae". Revista Brasileira de Botânica. 15 (2): 125–7.
- ^ Audet S. (2010). "Essai de découpage systématique du genre Scutiger (Basidiomycota): Albatrellopsis, Albatrellus, Polyporoletus, Scutiger et description de six nouveaux genres". Mycotaxon (in French). 111: 431–64. doi:10.5248/111.431.
- ^ "Albatrellus flettii Morse ex Pouzar". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-25.
- ^ a b c d e Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. pp. 558–59. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1.
- ^ Morse EE. (1941). "A new polypore in Washington". Mycologia. 33 (5): 506–9. doi:10.2307/3754619. JSTOR 3754619.
- ^ a b Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ^ Pouzar Z. (1972). "Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Albatrellus (Polyporaceae) I. A conspectus of species of the North Temperate Zone". Ceská Mykologie. 26 (4): 194–200.