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Xanthoconium purpureum

species of fungus

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ10720935 ↗
Source-derived summary

Xanthoconium purpureum is a species of bolete fungus in the genus Xanthoconium. It was described as new to science in 1962 by Wally Snell and Esther Dick in 1962. It is found in eastern North America, where it fruits under oak, sometimes in oak-pine forests.

See also

List of North American boletes

References

External links

Xanthoconium purpureum in Index Fungorum.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Xanthoconium purpureum” is species of fungus. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Xanthoconium, purpureum and species, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1962—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Xanthoconium, purpureum and species is the immediate research focus.
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The phrase “species of fungus” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10720935. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1962.

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This entry incorporates text from “Xanthoconium purpureum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.