Lurid bolete
Suillellus luridus
Poisonous: never pick it to eat.
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Suillellus luridus
- 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
- Spore print
- Brown, Olive
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Latin luridus means 'pale' or 'sallow', a word that later gave English 'lurid'.
- It is a warmth-loving bolete that prefers lime-rich soils, mostly in warm parts of Europe.
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Similar fungi
- Bay bolete
Imleria badia
- Suede bolete
Xerocomus subtomentosus
- Red cracking bolete
Xerocomellus chrysenteron
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q752494 · All fungi · All entries