Harrya chromapes

Harrya chromapes, commonly known as the yellowfoot bolete or the chrome-footed bolete, is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. The bolete is found in eastern North America, Costa Rica, and eastern Asia, where it grows on the ground, in a mycorrhizal association with deciduous and coniferous trees. Fruit bodies have smooth, rose-pink caps that are initially convex before flattening out. The pores on the cap undersurface are white, aging to a pale pink as the spores mature. The thick stipe has fine pink or reddish dots (scabers), and is white to pinkish but with a bright yellow base. The mushrooms are edible but are popular with insects, and so they are often infested with maggots.

Harrya chromapes
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Harrya
Species:
H. chromapes
Binomial name
Harrya chromapes
(Frost) Halling, Nuhn, Osmundson, & Manfr.Binder (2012)
Synonyms
List
  • Boletus chromapes Frost (1874)
  • Ceriomyces chromapes (Frost) Murrill (1909)
  • Krombholzia chromapes (Frost) Singer (1942)
  • Leccinum chromapes (Frost) Singer (1947)
  • Tylopilus chromapes (Frost) A.H.Sm. & Thiers (1968)
  • Tylopilus cartagoensis Wolfe & Bougher (1993)
  • Leccinum cartagoense (Wolfe & Bougher) Halling & G.M.Muell. (1999)
Harrya chromapes
Mycological characteristics
Pores on hymenium
Cap is convex or flat
Stipe is bare
Spore print is pinkish-brown
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is edible

In its taxonomic history, Harrya chromapes has been shuffled to several different genera, including Boletus, Leccinum, and Tylopilus, and is known in field guides as a member of one of these genera. In 2012, it was transferred to the newly created genus Harrya when it was established that morphological and molecular evidence demonstrated its distinctness from the genera in which it had formerly been placed.

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