Xanthoconium purpureum is a species of bolete fungus in the genus Xanthoconium. It was described as new to science in 1962 by Wally Snell and Esther Dick in 1962. It is found in eastern North America, where it fruits under oak, sometimes in oak-pine forests.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Xanthoconium purpureum 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
- Boletus separans
- Tylopilus ferrugineus
- Tylopilus rubrobrunneus
- Boletus subcaerulescens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Boletaceae
- Genus
- Xanthoconium
- Species
- Xanthoconium purpureum
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