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Purple boletus
Boletus purpureus
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About
Boletus purpureus, commonly known as the purple boletus, is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. Found in Europe, where it grows in mixed woods, it was originally described by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1825. The fruit bodies are poisonous if they are eaten raw.
- Family
- Boletaceae
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- Name
- Boletus purpureus
- Slug
- boletus-purpureus
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Boletaceae
- Genus
- Boletus
- Species
- purpureus
- Wikidata QID
- Q4094248
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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