Bothia
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Bothia is a fungal genus in the family Boletaceae. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Bothia castanella, a bolete mushroom first described scientifically in 1900 from collections made in New Jersey. Found in the eastern United States, Costa Rica, China, and Taiwan, it grows in a mycorrhizal association with oak trees. Its fruit body is chestnut brown, the cap is smooth and dry, and the underside of the cap has radially elongated tubes. The spore deposit is yellow-brown. The edibility of the mushroom is unknown. Historically, its unique combination of morphological features resulted in the transfer of B. castanella to six different Boletaceae genera. Molecular phylogenetic analysis, published in 2007, demonstrated that the species was genetically unique enough to warrant placement in its own genus.
Bothia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Boletales |
Family: | Boletaceae |
Genus: | Bothia Halling, T.J.Baroni & Manfr.Binder (2007) |
Species: | B. castanella |
Binomial name | |
Bothia castanella (Peck) Halling, T.J.Baroni & Manfr.Binder (2007) | |
Synonyms[1][2][3] | |
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Bothia castanella | |
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Pores on hymenium | |
Cap is convex or flat | |
Hymenium is decurrent | |
Stipe is bare | |
Spore print is yellow-brown | |
Ecology is mycorrhizal | |
Edibility is unknown |