Boletus purpureus
Species of fungus
Boletus purpureus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Boletales |
Family: | Boletaceae |
Genus: | Boletus |
Species: | B. purpureus |
Binomial name | |
Boletus purpureus Pers. (1825) |
Boletus purpureus, commonly known as the purple boletus, is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. Found in Europe, where it grows in mixed woods,[1] it was originally described by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1825.[2] The fruit bodies are poisonous if they are eaten raw.[1]
See also
- List of Boletus species
References
- ^ a b Outen AR. (1987). "Profiles of fungi 3". Mycologist. 1 (2): 74–5. doi:10.1016/S0269-915X(87)80050-2.
- ^ Persoon CH. (1825). Mycologia Europaea. Vol. 2. Erlangen, Germany: Palm. p. 143.
External links
- Boletus purpureus in Index Fungorum
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