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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, it was originally described by Christian Hendrik Persoon in 1825. The fruit bodies are poisonous if they are eaten raw.

See also

• List of Boletus species

References

1. ^ Outen AR. (1987). "Profiles of fungi 3". Mycologist. 1 (2): 74–5. doi:10.1016/S0269-915X(87)80050-2.
2. Persoon CH. (1825). Mycologia Europaea. Vol. 2. Erlangen, Germany: Palm. p. 143.

External links

• Boletus purpureus in Index Fungorum

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