Aureoboletus auriporus

 Aureoboletus auriporus, is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae that is found in Europe and North America. It was originally described in 1872 by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck, who called it Boletus auriporus.[2] Zdenek Pouzar transferred it to the genus Aureoboletus in 1957.[3]

Aureoboletus auriporus
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Boletales
Family:
Boletaceae
Genus:
Aureoboletus
Binomial name
Aureoboletus auriporus
(PeckPouzar (1957)
Synonyms[1]
  • Boletus auriporus Peck (1872)
  • Ceriomyces auriporus (Peck) Murrill (1909)
  • Xerocomus auriporus (Peck) Singer (1940)
  • Pulveroboletus auriporus (Peck) Singer (1947)
  • Aureoboletus novoguineensis Hongo (1973)
  • Aureoboletus auriporus var. novoguineensis (Hongo) Klofac (2010)

The species is edible, and could be confused with (the also edible) Xerocomus illudens.[4]

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