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Pine Bolete

Boletus pinophilus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 250, February 185, March 290, April 456, May 657, June 717, July 767, August 659, September 484, October 361, November 197, December 154.
United States5,190
Alaska5,178
Russia499
Finland113
Spain109
Italy61
United Kingdom57
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast48
Scotland46
Leningrad oblast46

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Human edibleListed as edible by a harvested source. This is a research trait, not foraging advice.FungiTastic metadata
  • Human edible commercially tradedRecognized by a harvested source as edible and suitable for commercial food trade.Mushrooms traded as food, Volume I
  • 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

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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