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false yellow bolete

Neoboletus xanthopus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) martamumin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

26 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 20, February 14, March 23, April 36, May 51, June 56, July 60, August 52, September 38, October 28, November 15, December 12.
United States412
Alaska405
Germany43
Spain20
United Kingdom17
England16
Hungary14
Brandenburg13
Italy10
Ukraine10

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
GenusNeoboletus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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