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Sepia Bolete

Xerocomellus porosporus

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 130, February 96, March 151, April 237, May 342, June 372, July 398, August 343, September 252, October 188, November 103, December 80.
United States2,691
Alaska2,691
Germany70
Brandenburg32
Hungary19
United Kingdom16
England13
Berlin10
Russia10
France9

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
GenusXerocomellus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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