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| 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 | |
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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]
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[edit]- 1 2 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.
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