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Bay Bolete

Imleria badia

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 1,177, February 870, March 1,363, April 2,144, May 3,091, June 3,370, July 3,606, August 3,102, September 2,277, October 1,700, November 929, December 726.
United States24,609
Alaska24,354
Germany1,568
Russia917
United Kingdom895
England753
Poland551
Netherlands401
Denmark319
Czechia316

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
GenusImleria

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

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