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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Boletus purpureus Pers. (1825)
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edit- ^ 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.
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