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Ornate-stalked bolete

Retiboletus ornatipes

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 Georgia.January 38, February 42, March 39, April 57, May 46, June 126, July 134, August 120, September 30, October 35, November 26, December 33.
United States3,987
Georgia853
Tennessee820
North Carolina515
Virginia378
Canada358
Kentucky352
New York314
West Virginia266
Alabama219

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
GenusRetiboletus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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