Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Boletales: Boletaceae: Xanthoconium separans (Peck) Halling & Both

Xanthoconium separans – lilac bolete

Synonyms: Boletus edulis, Boletus reticulatus, Boletus separans, Suillus separans.

Common name: lilac bolete.

Extract from Wikipedia article: Boletus separans is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. It was described as new to science in 1873 by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck. In 1998, Roy Halling and Ernst Both transferred the bolete to the genus Xanthoconium. Molecular phylogenetic analysis published in 2013 shows that it is more closely related to Boletus sensu stricto than to Xanthoconium.

Czech: Hřib hnědofialový.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Underside of Xanthoconium separans (Boletus separans) mushroom in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary near Cleveland. Texas, June 26, 2021
FM945, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA

Mushroom Xanthoconium separans (Boletus separans) on a forest path in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary near Cleveland. Texas, June 26, 2021
FM945, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA

Cross section of mushroom Xanthoconium separans (Boletus separans) in Little Thicket Nature Sanctuary near Cleveland. Texas, June 26, 2021
FM945, Cleveland, TX 77328, USA

Lilac bolete mushroom (Xanthoconium separans, Boletus separans) under oak, pine, magnolia, holly on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, September 25, 2021
Kirby Nature Trail, Kountze, TX 77625, USA

Underside of lilac bolete mushroom (Xanthoconium separans, Boletus separans) found under oak, pine, magnolia, holly on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, September 25, 2021
Kirby Nature Trail, Kountze, TX 77625, USA

Cross section of lilac bolete mushroom (Xanthoconium separans, Boletus separans) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, September 25, 2021
Kirby Nature Trail, Kountze, TX 77625, USA

Close-up of lilac bolete mushroom (Xanthoconium separans, Boletus separans) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, September 25, 2021
Kirby Nature Trail, Kountze, TX 77625, USA

Mature bolete mushroom Xanthoconium separans (Boletus separans)(?) on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, September 25, 2021
Kirby Nature Trail, Hardin County, Texas, United States

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset https://www.gbif.org.
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