Boletinellus merulioides

Boletinellus merulioides
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletinellaceae
Genus: Boletinellus
Species:
B. merulioides
Binomial name
Boletinellus merulioides
(Schwein.) Murrill (1909)
Synonyms
  • Daedalea merulioides Schwein. (1832)
  • Gyrodon merulioides (Schwein.) Singer (1938)
  • Boletinus merulioides (Schwein.) Coker & Beers (1943)
  • Boletus merulioides (Schwein.) Murrill (1948)

Boletinellus merulioides, commonly known as the ash-tree bolete, is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletinellaceae. Described as new to science in 1832, it is found in Asia and eastern North America, where it grows on the ground near ash trees due to a mutualistic relationship with a species of aphid.