Leccinum boreale

Leccinum boreale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Leccinum
Species:
L. boreale
Binomial name
Leccinum boreale

Leccinum boreale is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. The bolete was described as new to science in 1966 by mycologists Alexander H. Smith, Harry Delbert Thiers, and Roy Watling.[1]

A motion in legislature proposed to make this the official fungus of Alberta in 2009.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Smith AH, Thiers HD, Watling R (1966). "A preliminary account of the North American species of Leccinum, section Leccinum". The Michigan Botanist. 5: 159.
  2. ^ "MLAs support official mushroom motion". Archived from the original on 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2019-01-27.


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