Taxonomic Merge 139009 (Committed on 2024-07-10)

See the different flags:
https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/452556
https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/274656
https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/437915
https://www.inaturalist.org/flags/537859

Notes here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132685132

Articles disputing the neotypification of Boletus erythropus:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336044874_Boletus_erythropus_Pers_un_nome_a_rischio_che_possiamo_salvare
https://doc.fongifrance.fr/Bulletins_Adonif/BullAdoniF-no4-hd.pdf

Combination and neotypification of Boletus erythropus:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320135744_Neotypification_of_Boletus_erythropus

The interpretation of the concepts behind these names varies. This nomenclatural issue induced by a disputed and controversial neotypification should be solved with a conservation/rejection proposal. In the mean time, the traditional and most widely used name will be kept in iNatural, to avoid the confusion of having three different names for the same species concept.

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Added by nschwab on February 7, 2024 01:31 PM | Committed by nschwab on July 10, 2024
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@nschwab Thanks for the suggestion. In some new identification books in German (Kosmos Handbuch Pilze, 2023; Die Pilze Deutschlands, 2021; e.g. ....), at "Wikipedia", at "123pilzsuche.de" ....) Neoboletus erythropus is also mentioned as the first name. And iNaturalist users very often use exactly these data sources.

Posted by uwekozina 7 months ago

I agree with the arguments by @nschwab and @uwekozina and support the taxon merge.

Posted by ljantos 7 months ago

I also agree with this taxon merge. I have been going around in circles reading the papers discussing the varying names, but the general view is that N. erythropus takes precedence. We have no idea if/when we will have an actual taxonomical resolution, and the current use of multiple synonyms on Inat is confusing for us all. In the UK we seem to have adopted N. praestigiator, but we can just as easily "unlearn" that. I vote for merging all with Neoboletus erythropus whilst we await an official taxonomy review.

Posted by virn 6 months ago

I totally support this, I'm no expert in taxonomy but even as a QOL change it will be way less confusing.

Posted by lucian_clanet 6 months ago

A case which illustrates the problem https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/186540997

Posted by ljantos 6 months ago

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