Veloporphyrellus

Veloporphyrellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Veloporphyrellus
L.D.Gómez & Singer
Type species
Veloporphyrellus pantoleucus
L.D.Gómez & Singer (1984)
Species

V. africanus
V. alpinus
V. conicus
V. gracilioides
V. pantoleucus
V. pseudovelatus
V. velatus
V. vulpinus

Veloporphyrellus is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. Species are characterized by having a pinkish to pinkish-gray hymenophore, a membrane-like partial veil that hangs from the cap margin, smooth spores, and a trichoderm-like cap cuticle.

Species

The genus, circumscribed in 1984, contains eight species.

Scientific nameTaxon authorYear
Veloporphyrellus africanusWatling1993
Veloporphyrellus alpinusY.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang2014
Veloporphyrellus conicus(Ravenel) B. Ortiz, Y.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang2014
Veloporphyrellus gracilioidesY.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang2016
Veloporphyrellus latisporusJ. Khan & S. Ullah2021
Veloporphyrellus pantoleucusL.D. Gómez & Singer1984
Veloporphyrellus pseudovelatusY.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang2014
Veloporphyrellus velatus(Rostr.) Y.C. Li & Zhu L. Yang2014
Veloporphyrellus vulpinusT.H.G. Pham, O.V. Morozova, A.V. Alexandrova & E.S. Popov2019