Boletes, current* names in Chicago Region

*These are not all the most recent names. The newer genera have not been integrated into this checklist. This list includes current names that have been used for the Chicago Region (since 1994); see counties; includes Indiana Dunes region. Some of these names are tentative and need further work to verify the identifications are correct. The observation number is the number of dates that the taxon has been recorded (since 1994). Color coding is based on the first word in the Checklist Status.

Reminder, there are many mushrooms found here that have not been identified to species.

Obs.TaxonChecklist StatusTaxon Note
17 Boletellus chrysenteroides Current
3 Boletellus russellii Current
56 Boletinellus merulioides Current
17 Boletus bicolor Author? need var. also as Group
24 Boletus bicolor var. bicolor Current ?author
2 Boletus bicolor var. subreticulatus Current ?author
13 Boletus campestris Misappliedsee B. harrisonii
3 Boletus discolor cf. [hard taxa] synonym ?? of Boletus luridiformis var. discolor (Quél.) Krieglst. 1991
5 Boletus edulis Current = ? variipes
24 Boletus frostii Current
4 Boletus glabellus Current
0 Boletus harrisonii CurrentName yet to be applied here
1 Boletus hortonii Current
10 Boletus illudens Current
8 Boletus inedulis Current
1 Boletus longicurvipes Current
2 Boletus luridiformis Current
4 Boletus miniato-olivaceus Current has hyphen
7 Boletus miniatopallescens Current NO hyphen
22 Boletus pallidus Current
9 Boletus pseudosensibilis Current
1 Boletus rhodosanguineus Current WCG to check
141 Boletus rubellus Misappliedsee B. harrisonii
2 Boletus rubricitrinus cf. Check this Murrill name
1 Boletus rubropunctus x WCG name source ?
3 Boletus sensibilis Current
15 Boletus spadiceus var. gracilis Valid Hardwoods
1 Boletus subfraternus Doubtful not distinct sp. ?
3 Boletus subgraveolens Current
14 Boletus subtomentosus Current
3 Boletus subvelutipes Current (could be group)
9 Boletus tenax check ? illegitimate ?
7 Boletus variipes Current (edulis group)
1 Boletus vermiculosus Current
7 Bothia castanella Current
2 Chalciporus piperatoides Current
5 Chalciporus piperatus Current
3 Chalciporus pseudorubinellus Current
127 Gyroporus castaneus Current
5 Gyroporus cyanescens var. violaceotinctus Current
4 Gyroporus purpurinus Current
1 Harrya chromapes Current
8 Leccinellum quercophilum Current for USA L. carpini, L. griseum
8 Leccinum holopus x need var.
10 Leccinum holopus var. americanum Current
2 Leccinum holopus var. holopus Current
1 Leccinum insigne Current
13 Leccinum oxydabile Current
10 Leccinum rugosiceps Current
10 Leccinum scabrum Current
1 Leccinum snellii cf. need to find again
4 Leccinum subglabripes Current was Boletus
2 Leccinum subleucophaeum cf. old name can't verify?
1 Leccinum uliginosum cf. old name can't verify?
1 Leccinum vulpinum Current was aurantiacum taxon
6 Paragyrodon sphaerosporus Current
11 Retiboletus griseus Current
2 Retiboletus ornatipes cf.
17 Strobilomyces confusus Current
37 Strobilomyces strobilaceus Current Moffatt 1909
26 Suillus americanus Current
2 Suillus granulatus Current
5 Suillus luteus Current
5 Suillus subaureus Current
2 Tylopilus appalachiensis cf.
2 Tylopilus badiceps Current
16 Tylopilus felleus Current noVar
13 Tylopilus ferrugineus Current
17 Tylopilus indecisus Current also as Group
4 Tylopilus intermedius Current
4 Tylopilus nebulosus cf.
4 Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceus Current
13 Tylopilus purpurivallis Unpublished new species
34 Tylopilus rubrobrunneus Current
15 Tylopilus sordidus Current
6 Tylopilus tabacinus cf. ?
2 Xanthoconium affine need var.
9 Xanthoconium affine var. affine Current
3 Xanthoconium affine var. maculosus Current
5 Xanthoconium purpureum Illegitimate Current
3 Xanthoconium separans Current
23 Xerocomellus chrysenteron Current
2 Xerocomellus truncatus Current