VOLUME 6 DECEMBER 2020 Fungal Systematics and Evolution PAGES 265–288 doi.org/10.3114/fuse.2020.06.13 Xerocomellus (Boletaceae) in western North America J.L. Frank1*, N. Siegel2, C.F. Schwarz3, B. Araki4, E.C. Vellinga4 1Department of Biology, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR 97520, USA 225 Prospect Hill Road, Royalston, MA 01368, USA 3Norris Center for Natural History, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA 4Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA *Corresponding author:
[email protected] Key words: Abstract: Understanding diversity in the genus Xerocomellus in western North America has been obscured by Boletales morphological variability, widespread use of species epithets typified by specimens from Europe and eastern North bolete America, misunderstood phylogenetic relationships, and species complexes. We collected extensively and used misapplied name genetic and morphological data to establish the occurrence of tenXerocomellus species in western North America. new taxa We generated ITS sequences from five type collections and from vouchered representative collections to clarify North American mycoflora our understanding of existing species concepts. We describe three new species (Xerocomellus atropurpureus, X. taxonomy diffractus, and X. salicicola) and propose two new combinations (X. amylosporus and X. mendocinensis), transfer type collections Boletus coccyginus to Hortiboletus, and provide a dichotomous key to species of Xerocomellus in western North America. Citation: Frank JL, Siegel N, Schwarz CF, Araki B, Vellinga EC (2020). Xerocomellus (Boletaceae) in western North America. Fungal Systematics and Evolution 6: 265–288. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2020.06.13 Effectively published online: 5 June 2020 Editor-in-Chief CorrespondingProf.