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Brief Introduction to a Unique Edible Bolete—Phlebopus portentosus in Southern China
Author(s)
Chunxia Zhang1, Mingxia He1, Jing Liu1, Xinjing Xu1, Yang Cao1, Feng Gao1, Yiwei Fang1, Wenbing Wang1 and Yun Wang2
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DOI:10.17265/2161-6264/2017.06.003
Affiliation(s)
1. Yunnan Institute for Tropical Crop Research, 99 Xuanwei Rd., Jinghong 666100, Yunnan, China
2. The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd., Private Bag 4704, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
ABSTRACT
Phlebopus portentosus (Berk. and Broome)
Boedijn is a favored wild edible mushroom in the Xishuangbanna region, Yunnan,
China and Northern Thailand. It belongs to Boletinellaceae family and is known
as “black bolete”. Its ecological habits and biotrophy are very complicated. It
can be saprobic and successfully cultivated in mushroom house conditions. More
often it grows closely with many plants, but is not mycorrhizal fungus. It forms a tripartite association with
root mealy bugs and plants. The fungus produces special fungus-insect gall with
the soil mealy bugs, which is a symbiotic association between these two
creatures. The gall grows on plant roots with parasitic tendency. This paper is
a compact report of the findings, including taxonomy,
ecology, economic and cultivation of this mushroom.
KEYWORDS
Phlebopus portentosus, ecology, cultivation, fungus-insect gall, biotrophy, economy, China.
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