Tylopilus felleus (Bull.) P. Karst.

Tylopilus felleus, commonly known as the bitter bolete or the bitter tylopilus, is a fungus of the bolete family. French mycologist Pierre Bulliard described this species as Boletus felleus in 1788 before it was transferred into the new genus Tylopilus. It is the type species of Tylopilus and the only member of the genus found in Europe.

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Synonyms 15

Boletus alutarius, Boletus felleus, Dictyopus felleus, Rhodoporus felleus, Suillus alutarius, Suillus felleus, Tylopilus alutarius, Boletus felleus var. obesus, Boletus felleus var. roseus, Tylopilus felleus var. alutarius, Tylopilus felleus var. fuscescens, Tylopilus felleus var. uliginosus, Boletus felleus f. albiceps, Boletus felleus f. plumbeoviolaceus, Boletus felleus f. rubrobrunneus

22,953 GBIF occurrences
11,121 iNaturalist observations

Conservation status code

Conservation: status label

Least Concern

Conservation: population trend

Stable

Conservation: year assessed

2026

IUCN Red List page

https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/228712563/277338286

Habitats

IUCN: population narrative

This taxon has a widespread distribution across multiple countries; as such the global population is suspected to be large.

IUCN: threats narrative

This taxon may face threats associated with land use change in some areas of its wide distribution; however, no major threats have been identified that are likely to affect its extinction risk in a short time

IUCN: rationale

This species has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. This species is therefore assessed as Least Concern.

Tylopilus felleus (Bull.) P. Karst.

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