Tylopilus ferrugineus is a bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae, native to North America. It was originally described by Charles Christopher Frost in 1874 as Boletus ferrugineus and was transferred to the genus Tylopilus by Rolf Singer in 1947.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Tylopilus ferrugineus 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
- Tylopilus badiceps
- Tylopilus variobrunneus
- Tylopilus tabacinus
- Tylopilus rubrobrunneus
- Xanthoconium affine
- Neoporphyrellus atronicotianus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Boletaceae
- Genus
- Tylopilus
- Species
- Tylopilus ferrugineus
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