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Gilded Bolete

Aureoboletus gentilis

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 45, February 33, March 52, April 81, May 117, June 127, July 136, August 117, September 86, October 64, November 35, December 27.
United States937
Alaska921
Italy10
Spain9
Germany9
France9
West Virginia7
Virginia6
Switzerland6
Austria5

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
GenusAureoboletus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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