''Gomphidius maculatus'' is an edible mushroom in the family Gomphidiaceae that is found in Europe and North America. It was first described scientifically by naturalist

Giovanni Antonio Scopoli Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (sometimes Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopolius) (3 June 1723 – 8 May 1788) was an Italian physician and naturalist. His biographer Otto Guglia named him the "first anational European" and the "Linnaeus of the Au ...

in 1772. Elias Magnus Fries transferred it to the genus ''

Gomphidius ''Gomphidius'' is a genus of mushrooms, commonly known as spike-caps, that are members of the Boletales ( suborder Suillineae), or pored fungi. They appear to have gill-like structures which resemble those of agarics, however the similarity is s ...

'' in 1838, giving it the name by which it is known today. The specific epithet ''maculatus'' is derived from the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

word for "spotted".

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* Boletales Edible fungi Fungi described in 1772 Fungi of Europe Fungi of North America {{Boletales-stub