Rhizopogon roseolus

Rhizopogon roseolus
	Rhizopogon roseolus: fruiting bodies
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);

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]

References

Fries TM. (1909). "Skandinaviens Tryfflar och tryffelliknande svampar (Fungi hypogaei)". Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift (in Swedish). 3: 282.
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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[Fries_1909-1] Fries TM. (1909). "Skandinaviens Tryfflar och tryffelliknande svampar (Fungi hypogaei)". Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift (in Swedish). 3: 282.

[yun-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.