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Slate Bolete

Leccinum duriusculum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 77, February 57, March 89, April 140, May 202, June 220, July 235, August 202, September 149, October 111, November 61, December 47.
United States1,589
Alaska1,589
Russia138
Hungary45
Germany43
Tula Oblast28
Spain26
Ukraine26
Schleswig-Holstein23
Kursk Oblast22

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
  • 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
GenusLeccinum

Sources

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

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