Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Family Boletaceae Rank Species | Division Basidiomycota Order Boletales Genus Boletus | |
Similar Boletus abruptibulbus, Boletus rubroflammeus, Boletus gertrudiae, Boletus regineus, Boletus subcaerulescens | ||
Boletus pinetorum is an edible bolete fungus found in Fennoscandia. It was described as a new species in 2009 from a collection made in Finland. It resembles the popular Boletus edulis but is distinct from that species genetically. Fruitbodies of B. pinetorum have greyish brown caps with wrinkled margins. The bolete is mycorrhizal with pines, and grows in dry sandy pine heaths and dry coniferous forests.
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