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shaggy-stalked bolete

Aureoboletus betula

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 North Carolina.January 97, February 116, March 108, April 172, May 173, June 104, July 134, August 480, September 244, October 100, November 78, December 89.
United States3,689
North Carolina1,499
Georgia858
Tennessee573
Virginia325
Alabama231
West Virginia230
South Carolina198
Kentucky112
Maryland57

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
GenusAureoboletus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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