Pseudobaorangia D. F. Sun, R. Hua, F. Zhou & J. B. Zhang, 2025

Zhou, Fan, Zhang, Junbo, Liu, Shaoxiong, Liu, Qimeng, Luo, Xi, Luo, Xiaokun, Wang, Lei, Liu, Chunli, Guo, Xiang, Feng, Yunli, Sun, Dafeng & Hua, Rong, 2025, Pseudobaorangia (Boletaceae, Boletales), a new genus for Boletus lakhanpalii, MycoKeys 119, pp. 281-294 : 281-294

Pseudobaorangia D. F. Sun, R. Hua, F. Zhou & J. B. Zhang gen. nov.

Etymology.

The epithet “ Pseudobaorangia ” indicates a close phylogenetic relationship with Baorangia.

Diagnosis.

Basidiomata xerocomoid, with tubular hymenophore. Pileus hemispherical to convex when young, applanate to depressed when mature; surface dry, tomentose, cracking into scales with age, pale yellow brown; margin enrolled when young; context white to pale yellowish-white, quickly turning blue when injured. Hymenophore slightly depressed to decurrent at stipe apex; pores compound, labyrinthoid when young then angular to irregular when mature, quickly changing blue when bruised; tubes orange-yellow to yellow-brown, turning blue when damaged. Stipe pruinose when young, smooth with spots in age, clavate, solid, greyish-brown to dark red; context orange-yellow to reddish-brown to greyish brown from the apex down to the base, unchanging when cut; basal mycelium yellow to pale grey. Basidiospores smooth, thin walled, subellipsoid to amygdaloid, greyish-yellow in water; cheilocystidia uncommon, subclavate to fusiform with blunt apex. Pleurocystidia uncommon, clavate to subfusiform or fusiform with slender apex.

Type species.

Boletus lakhanpalii K. Das, D. Chakraborty, A. Baghela, S. K. Singh & B. T. M. Dentinger .