Bitter bolete
Tylopilus felleus
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Tylopilus felleus
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Boletaceae
- Under the cap
- Pores
- Cap
- Domed
- Stem
- Bare
- Lives by
- Partner of trees
- Season
- Summer, Autumn
- Habitat
- Broadleaf forest, Conifer forest
- Spore print
- Pink, Brown
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Its species name felleus is Latin for 'of gall', the old word for bile.
- It was described in the late 18th century by the French mycologist Pierre Bulliard.
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Similar fungi
- Orange birch bolete
Leccinum versipelle
- Porcini
Boletus edulis
- Lurid bolete
Suillellus luridus
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q633503 · All fungi · All entries