Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Genus Leccinum Rank Species | Division Basidiomycota Family Boletaceae Scientific name Leccinum insigne Order Boletales | |
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Similar Leccinum, Leccinum atrostipitatum, Leccinellum albellum, Limacella glischra, Lactarius aspideoides | ||
Leccinum insigne, commonly known as the aspen bolete or the aspen scaber stalk, is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. Described as new to science in 1966, it is found in North America, where its range extends from eastern Canada south to New Jersey and west to the northern Rocky Mountains. It is edible. The specific epithet insigne means "distinctive or outstanding".
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