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Liver Bolete

Suillellus amygdalinus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 376, February 126, March 120, April 149, May 145, June 107, July 91, August 93, September 118, October 121, November 298, December 483.
United States1,510
California1,467
Nevada19
Mexico19
Baja California18
Oregon16
Arizona10
Washington6
Idaho1
Sonora1

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
GenusSuillellus

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