Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Genus Xanthoconium Order Boletales | Division Basidiomycota Family Boletaceae Rank Species | |
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Similar Xanthoconium, Xanthoconium stramineum, Xanthoconium affine, Tylopilus atronicotianus, Tylopilus rubrobrunneus | ||
Xanthoconium purpureum is a species of bolete fungus in the genus Xanthoconium. It was described as new to science in 1962 by Wally Snell and Esther Dick in 1962. It is found in eastern North America, where it fruits under oak, sometimes in oak-pine forests.
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