Kaziboletus is a fungal genus in the family Boletaceae. Newly described in 2021, it is monotypic, containing the single species Kaziboletus rufescens, found in Bangladesh. The generic name Kaziboletus honors Kazi M. Badruddoza, a national emeritus scientist and founder of modern agriculture of Bangladesh, while rufescens refers to the context, which changes from white to pale red or reddish orange in patches when exposed.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Boletaceae |
| Genus: | Kaziboletus Iqbal Hosen & Zhu L.Yang (2021) |
| Type species | |
| Kaziboletus rufescens Iqbal Hosen & Zhu L.Yang (2021)
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References
edit- ^ Hosen MI, Yang ZL (2021). "Kaziboletus, a new boletoid genus of Boletaceae associated with Shorea robusta in Bangladesh". Mycological Progress. 20: 1145–1156. doi:10.1007/s11557-021-01723-7.1145-1156&rft.date=2021&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/s11557-021-01723-7&rft.aulast=Hosen&rft.aufirst=MI&rft.au=Yang, ZL&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Kaziboletus" class="Z3988">
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