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Hollow Bolete

Suillus cavipes

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 133, February 98, March 154, April 242, May 348, June 380, July 407, August 350, September 257, October 192, November 105, December 82.
United States3,001
Alaska2,746
Canada225
Germany106
Austria100
Idaho87
Ontario81
Italy70
Czechia63
Nord-Est53

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
FamilySuillaceae
GenusSlippery Jacks · Suillus

Sources

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