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. Zdenek Pouzar transferred it to the genus Aureoboletus in 1957.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Sour gold-pored bolete being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Boletus subilludens
- Xerocomus illudens
- Aureoboletus innixus
- Xerocomus tenax
- Aureoboletus gentilis
- Hemileccinum rubropunctum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Boletaceae
- Genus
- Aureoboletus
- Species
- Aureoboletus auriporus
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