Akahatsu
Akahatsu, Lactarius akahatsu, is a wild milkcap of East Asian pine and mixed forests that is sold in Yunnan markets, with its edibility and identity still needing species-level review.
Mushrooms
Boletellus indistinctus
A 2023 Chinese taxonomic treatment accepts Boletellus indistinctus as a species. A separate Yunnan market record uses this name, but its specimen identification and local food safety have not been confirmed here.
Overview
Boletellus indistinctus is a bolete, a group with a pored rather than gilled underside. Xue et al. (2023) include Boletellus indistinctus as an accepted species in their taxonomic treatment of Chinese Xerocomoideae.
The supplied catalogue separately reports a Yunnan market bolete under this name. The market record's regional identification has not been independently verified against the taxonomic treatment.
Ecology
The supplied catalogue describes the fungus as ectomycorrhizal, growing in partnership with forest trees. Its supply is recorded as wild.
Food use
The catalogue reports it sold as a wild food bolete in Yunnan under the name Boletellus indistinctus. Acceptance of the species in a taxonomic treatment does not independently confirm the identity of those market specimens.
The record gives no preparation method, and this page adds none.
Safety and identification
A food-use report does not establish identification, edibility or a safe preparation. The 2023 paper is a taxonomic treatment, not a food-safety assessment; it does not verify the Yunnan market specimens or local safety. No preparation method is documented here. A wild specimen should not be eaten based on a market label, image or description; seek identification from a qualified local expert.
Sources and gaps
Xue et al. (2023) treat Boletellus indistinctus as an accepted species in Chinese taxonomy. The remaining question for this entry is whether the Yunnan market record was correctly identified at species level; the cited sources do not establish local food safety or a preparation.
Places
Yunnan
Documented use · Region evidenceThe supplied catalogue records the fungus as sold in Yunnan. It gives no locality; this market-use record has not been independently reconciled with the taxonomic treatment.
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Sources
Springer (Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine)Identity · Ecology · Food use · Geography · Safety
Article cited by the supplied fungi catalogue for Boletellus indistinctus and related Yunnan market fungiThe supplied catalogue reports a wild-food market record under the name Boletellus indistinctus in Yunnan; this report does not independently establish the market specimens' species identity or safe preparation.
Cited in: Overview; Ecology; Food use; Safety and identification; Sources and gaps
Studies in Mycology 106Identity
The subfamily Xerocomoideae (Boletaceae, Boletales) in ChinaXue et al. (2023) include Boletellus indistinctus as an accepted species in their Chinese taxonomic treatment and provide a key and taxonomic treatment; this does not validate the separate Yunnan market identification or establish food safety.
Cited in: Overview; Food use; Safety and identification; Sources and gaps