Check List 15(5): 759-765, doi: 10.15560/15.5.759
Three new records of Aureoboletus Pouzar (Boletaceae, Boletales) from Mexico
expand article infoJesús García-Jiménez, Fortunato Garza-Ocanas§, Javier Isaac de la Fuente, Ángel Emmanuel Saldivar|, Olivia Ayala-Vàsquez
‡ Instituto Tecnologico de Cd Victoria, CD Victoria, Mexico§ Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León, Mexico| Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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Abstract
In this paper, Aureoboletus auriflammeus (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) G. Wu & Zhu L. Yang, A. innixus (Frost) Halling, A.R. Bessette & Bessette and A. roxanae (Frost) Klofac are described as new records from Mexico. These species are distributed in temperate montane cloud forest and mixed forests and may grow associated forming mycorrhizas with Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. subsp. mexicana (Martínez) E. Murray, Quercus laurina Humb et Bonpl., Q. sartorii Liebm. and Q. scytophylla Liebm. Descriptions, distribution, photographs and a key for the species of Aureoboletus from Mexico are presented.
Keywords
Boletes; edible fungi; mixed forest; montane cloud forest; mycorrhizal fungi