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Fungi

Suede bolete

Xerocomus subtomentosus

Edible, but easily confused with poisonous lookalikes.

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Suede bolete
Photo: This image was created by user Gerhard Koller (Gerhard) at…, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

Scientific name
Xerocomus subtomentosus
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
Brown, Olive
Difficulty in WildGuessr
Hard

Did you know?

  • Its species name subtomentosus means 'slightly felty', after the soft, velvety feel of its cap.
  • DNA studies showed that boletes once lumped into Xerocomus belong to several lineages, so the genus was split up.

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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q198817 · All fungi · All entries