Strobilomyces Berk.

The genus Strobilomyces Berk. is a member of the family Boletaceae and characterized by greyish or blackish basidiomata; presence of fibrillose squamules or scales on pilear surface; stipe dry, woolly to shaggy, with or without annulus; ornamented basidiospores (Bessette et al. 2010; Das et al. 2014). This genus includes nearly 40 taxa (Gelardi et al. 2012; Wu et al. 2014; Antonin et al. 2015) around the globe.