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Larch Bolete

Suillus grevillei

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 749, February 553, March 867, April 1,364, May 1,966, June 2,144, July 2,295, August 1,973, September 1,449, October 1,081, November 591, December 462.
United States16,041
Alaska15,495
Germany893
United Kingdom746
Russia519
Canada512
Austria408
Scotland359
England313
Italy311

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
FamilySuillaceae
GenusSlippery Jacks · Suillus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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