vs Clustered Brown Bolete

Aureoboletus projectellus compared with Aureoboletus innixus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Clustered Brown Bolete
Kingdom same	Fungi (Fungi)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum same	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class same	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order same	Boletales (Boletales)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family same	Boletaceae	Boletaceae
Genus same	Aureoboletus	Aureoboletus
Species	Aureoboletus projectellus	Aureoboletus innixus

Evolutionary Relationship

and Clustered Brown Bolete share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Aureoboletus.

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Clustered Brown Bolete

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Clustered Brown Bolete
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Norway, and Sweden.

Clustered Brown Bolete

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Found in United States.

The Aureoboletus projectellus is a species in the genus Aureoboletus. Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Clustered Brown Bolete

Aureoboletus innixus, the clustered brown bolete, is a mycorrhizal basidiomycete fungus in the family Boletaceae native to eastern North America, particularly associated with oak (Quercus) forests from New England south to the southeastern United States. The fruiting bodies are medium-sized boletes with a brown, velvety to dry cap surface, yellow to olive-yellow pores and tubes on the underside, and a stipe that may have a yellowish ground color with brownish fibrils. A distinctive feature is the tendency to fruit in clustered groups at the base of oak trees, sometimes arising from a shared mycelial cord or attached to each other at the stipe bases. The pores do not blueñ when cut or bruised, distinguishing it from some other boletoid species. A. innixus forms ectomycorrhizal associations with oaks, providing trees with enhanced nutrient and water uptake in exchange for photosynthetic carbohydrates. The species has not been formally evaluated by the IUCN for conservation status. It is considered a relatively uncommon but regularly encountered species in appropriate oak woodland settings in the eastern US.