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Ashtray Bolete

Hemileccinum rubropunctum

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

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 3, February 3, March 4, April 6, May 11, June 5, July 4, August 10, September 7, October 4, November 3, December 2.
United States223
New York51
Massachusetts50
New Jersey31
Connecticut22
Rhode Island11
Pennsylvania10
North Carolina8
Georgia7
Mississippi4

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
GenusHemileccinum

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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