Gyroporus

Gyroporus
Gyroporus castaneus
Scientific classification
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Gyroporaceae

(Singer) Manfr.Binder & Bresinsky (2002)
Genus:
Gyroporus

Quél. (1886)
Type species
Gyroporus cyanescens
(Bull.) Quél. (1886)
Species

See Text

Synonyms

Suillus P.Karst.
Coelopus Bataille (1908)
Leucobolites Beck (1923)
Leucoconius Beck (1923)

The Gyroporaceae are a family of fungi in the order Boletales. The family is monogeneric, containing the single genus Gyroporus, which, according to a 2008 estimate, contains ten widely distributed species, though a more recent study inferred the species-level diversity to be far higher.

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