Xanthoconium affine is a species of bolete fungus of the genus Xanthoconium. First described as a species of Boletus by Charles Horton Peck in 1873, it was placed in its current genus by Rolf Singer in 1944.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Spotted 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
- Tylopilus ferrugineus
- Tylopilus badiceps
- Boletus variipes
- Boletus atkinsonii
- Gyroporus castaneus
- Boletus durhamensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Boletaceae
- Genus
- Xanthoconium
- Species
- Xanthoconium affine
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