''Caloboletus inedulis'' is a
bolete
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A bolete is a type of mushroom, or fungal fruiting body. It can be identified thanks to a unique mushroom cap. The cap is clearly different from the stem. On the underside of the cap there is usually a spongy surf ...
fungus of the family
Boletaceae
The Boletaceae are a family of mushroom-forming fungi, primarily characterised by small pores on the spore-bearing hymenial surface (at the underside of the mushroom), instead of gills as are found in most agarics. Nearly as widely distributed ...
that is native to North America. Until 2014, it was known as ''Boletus inedulis''. Recent changes
in the phylogenetic framework of the Boletaceae prompted the transfer of this species, along with several other related boletes, including ''
Caloboletus calopus'', to the genus ''
Caloboletus''.
The species is inedible.
See also
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List of North American boletes __NOTOC__
This is a list of bolete species found in North America.
Bolding of the species name, and an asterisk (*) following indicate the species is the type species of that genus.
'' Aureoboletus''
*'' Aureoboletus auriporus''
*'' Aureoboletus ...
References
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inedulis
Fungi described in 1938
Fungi of North America
Inedible fungi
Taxa named by William Alphonso Murrill
Fungus species
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