Hortiboletus bubalinus is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. Originally described in 1991 as a species of Boletus, the fungus was transferred to Xerocomus in 1993. It was transferred to Hortiboletus by Bálint Dima in 2015.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Ascot Hat 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
- Hortiboletus engelii
- Xerocomellus salicicola
- Xerocomellus cisalpinus
- Xerocomellus armeniacus
- Xerocomellus ripariellus
- Boletus patrioticus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Boletaceae
- Genus
- Hortiboletus
- Species
- Hortiboletus bubalinus
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