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Burnt-orange Bolete

Tylopilus balloui

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) kjeps, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

26 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 22, February 27, March 60, April 64, May 46, June 10, July 3, August 0, September 0, October 1, November 10, December 12.
United States1,155
Australia255
Virginia181
Maryland161
New Jersey144
New South Wales128
North Carolina116
New York114
Louisiana103
District of Columbia86

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Bolete fungus formDescends from a fungal lineage whose members are typically boletes.Inferred from its group
  • Mycorrhizal fungusDescends from a fungal lineage whose members commonly form mycorrhizal associations.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomFungi Including Lichens · Fungi
PhylumBasidiomycete Fungi · Basidiomycota
ClassMushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies · Agaricomycetes
Orderboletes and allies · Boletales
Familyboletes · Boletaceae
GenusTylopilus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Burnt-orange Bolete with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.