Rhizopogon roseolus

Rhizopogon roseolus is an ectomycorrhizal fungus used as a soil inoculant in agriculture and horticulture. It is considered a delicacy in east Asia and Japan where it is traditionally known as shoro.[2] Techniques for the commercial cultivation of this fungus in pine plantations have been developed and applied with successful results in Japan and New Zealand.[2]

Rhizopogon roseolus: fruiting bodies

Rhizopogon roseolus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Boletales
Family:
Rhizopogonaceae
Genus:
Rhizopogon
Species:
R. roseolus
Binomial name
Rhizopogon roseolus
(Corda) Th.Fr. (1909)[1]
Synonyms
  • Splanchnomyces roseolus Corda (1837)

References
  1. Fries TM. (1909). "Skandinaviens Tryfflar och tryffelliknande svampar (Fungi hypogaei)". Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift (in Swedish). 3: 282.
  2. Yun W, Hall IR (2004). "Edible ectomycorrhizal mushrooms: challenges and achievements". Canadian Journal of Botany. 82 (8): 1063–1073. doi:10.1139/b04-051.


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