Aureoboletus gentilis is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. Originally described as Boletus sanguineus var. gentilis by French mycologist Lucien Quélet in 1884, it was transferred to the genus Aureoboletus by Zdeněk Pouzar in 1957. It is considered vulnerable in the Czech Republic.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Gilded 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
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Boletaceae
- Genus
- Aureoboletus
- Species
- Aureoboletus gentilis
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