Chamonixia Rolland

  • Family

    Boletaceae (Basidiomycota)

  • Scientific Name

    Chamonixia Rolland

  • Primary Citation

    Excursion à Chamonix — été et automne 1898.
    Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 15: 76. 1899

  • Description

    Diagnosis: Gasterocarp globose to subglobose, dry, white at first, soon staining blue, with basal rhizomorph. Gleba whitish at first, then brown, with columella soon staining blue. Spores brown, broadly ellipsoid, with (6-)8-10 longitudinal ridges.

    Registration number: MB #19063

    Type species: Chamonixia caespitosa Rolland, Bull Soc. Mycol. France 15: 76. 1899,

    Ectomycorrhizae: Pinaceae

    Distribution: Europe, North America

    Commentary: Distinguished by the oxidation reaction and spore morphology. Molecular inference suggests alliance with leccinoid boletes and basal to a western Pacific genus, Rossbeevera (Lebel et al. 2012).

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