Butyriboletus abieticola is a pored mushroom in the family Boletaceae. It was originally described in 1975 by mycologist Harry Delbert Thiers as a species of Boletus, but transferred in 2014 to the newly created genus Butyriboletus.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mountain Butter 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
- Butyriboletus primiregius
- Caloboletus frustosus
- Butyriboletus persolidus
- Boletus rex-veris
- Caloboletus rubripes
- Rubroboletus haematinus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Boletaceae
- Genus
- Butyriboletus
- Species
- Butyriboletus abieticola
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