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Suede Bolete

Xerocomus subtomentosus

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 351, February 259, March 407, April 640, May 922, June 1,006, July 1,076, August 925, September 679, October 507, November 277, December 217.
United States7,972
Alaska7,266
California520
Russia169
Germany138
Canada125
Ontario61
Spain56
Hungary49
Quebec46

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
GenusXerocomus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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