Global InformationBoletus hiratsukae information
| Boletus hiratsukae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Boletaceae |
| Genus: | Boletus |
| Species: | B. hiratsukae
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| Binomial name | |
| Boletus hiratsukae Eiji Nagasawa (1994)
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Boletus hiratsukae is a basidiomycete fungus of the genus Boletus found in Japan. Described by Japanese mycologist Eiji Nagasawa in 1994, it is named after Naohide Hiratsuka. It is characterized by a grey-purple then brown pileipellis and a reticulated stem near the hymenium. It is close to Boletus edulis.