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Butter-foot bolete
Boletus auripes
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About
Boletus auripes, commonly known as the butter-foot bolete, is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. First described from New York in 1898, the fungus is found in eastern Asia, Central America, and eastern North America from Canada to Florida. It is a mycorrhizal species and typically grows in association with oak and beech trees.
- Family
- Boletaceae
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- Name
- Boletus auripes
- Slug
- boletus-auripes
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Boletaceae
- Genus
- Boletus
- Species
- auripes
- Wikidata QID
- Q4939342
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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