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Boletes
Boletes
Boletaceae
Fungi
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Large
Diet
Decomposer
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
Worldwide
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Spores
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

Boletes are forest-dwelling fungi that grow from the soil in damp woodlands. They release spores through thousands of tiny vertical pores instead of using gills.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    spore
    A microscopic spore drifts on air or water and germinates where moisture and substrate meet.
  2. 2.
    mycelium
    A thread-like mycelium spreads through the substrate, breaking it down into nutrients.
  3. 3.
    fruiting body
    A mature fruiting body emerges to release the next generation of spores.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Boletales
Family
Boletaceae