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Red-capped Scaber Stalk

Leccinum aurantiacum

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 279, February 206, March 323, April 508, May 733, June 799, July 855, August 736, September 540, October 403, November 220, December 172.
United States6,377
Alaska5,777
Russia843
Canada581
Ontario269
Quebec128
France124
Michigan120
Manitoba108
Moscow Oblast95

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
  • Human edible commercially tradedRecognized by a harvested source as edible and suitable for commercial food trade.Mushrooms traded as food, Volume I
  • 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
GenusLeccinum

Sources

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