Mushrooms
Boletus bainiugan
Boletus bainiugan is a wild porcini-type bolete from Yunnan, China, traded fresh and dried. Its name is treated as a synonym in some sources.
Overview
Boletus bainiugan is an ectomycorrhizal forest bolete from Yunnan, China, called Chinese porcini in the catalogue. The catalogue records it as traded fresh and dried, and as wild.
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Taxonomy
The catalogue notes that Boletus meiweiniuganjun was treated as a synonym of this species in a 2016 revision, but that some later sources keep the two names separate. Neither name is validated here, and the catalogue does not merge them.
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Status of the record
The record rests on the supplied Pu'er ethnomycology study, which could not be opened in this session. Preparation methods and safety are not described, and the catalogue gives no safety assessment for this species. Nothing on this page is an identification guide.
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Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (supplied)Food use · Taxonomy
Supplied Pu'er ethnomycology study (not opened, publisher login redirect)Yunnan fresh and dried trade
Synonym treatment of B. meiweiniuganjun
Cited in: Overview; Taxonomy; Status of the record