Aureoboletus auriporus (Peck) Pouzar is a fungus in the Boletaceae family, order Boletales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

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Aureoboletus auriporus (Peck) Pouzar

Aureoboletus auriporus (Peck) Pouzar

Aureoboletus auriporus is an edible bolete fungus found in Europe and North America.

Family
Genus
Aureoboletus
Order
Boletales
Class
Agaricomycetes

About Aureoboletus auriporus (Peck) Pouzar

Aureoboletus auriporus (Peck) Pouzar is a bolete fungus species belonging to the family Boletaceae. It occurs in Europe and North America. American mycologist Charles Horton Peck originally described this species in 1872, under the name Boletus auriporus. Zdenek Pouzar moved the species to the genus Aureoboletus in 1957. This fungus is edible, and it can be confused with Xerocomus illudens, which is also edible.

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Taxonomy

Fungi Basidiomycota Agaricomycetes Boletales Boletaceae Aureoboletus

More from Boletaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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