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King Bolete, Penny Bun

Boletus edulis

Description:

a basidiomycete fungus, and the type species of the genus Boletus. Widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere across Europe, Asia, and North America, it does not occur naturally in the Southern Hemisphere, although it has been introduced to southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

Habitat:

The fungus grows in deciduous and coniferous forests and tree plantations, forming symbiotic ectomycorrhizal associations with living trees by enveloping the tree's underground roots with sheaths of fungal tissue

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Zarasų miestas, Utenos apskritis, Lithuania

Spotted on Jul 20, 2013
Submitted on Jul 21, 2013

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