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Boletus Fr., 1821 (a genus of boletes)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Boletus? Fruitbody 14 October 1972 South-east Yorkshire England 1

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Species Boletus appendiculatus Schaeff., 1763 (Oak Bolete)     10   1 4
Species Boletus armeniacus Quél., 1884 (a bolete)         1 1
Species Boletus badius (Fr.) Fr., 1821 (Bay Bolete)   10       1
Species Boletus calopus Pers., 1801 (Bitter Beech Bolete)   10     1 5
Aggregate Boletus chrysenteron agg. (red cracking boletes) 7 56 19 33 2 17
Aggregate Boletus edulis agg. (penny buns) 4 33 8 3 1 14
Species Boletus fechtneri Velen., 1922 (Pale Bolete)           2
Species Boletus ferrugineus Schaeff., 1762 (a bolete)         1 3
Species Boletus fragrans Vittad., 1835 (a bolete)           1
Species Boletus immutatus (Pegler & A.E. Hills) A.E. Hills & Watling, 2004 (a bolete)           1
Species Boletus impolitus Fr., 1838 (Iodine Bolete)   7 13 3 1 3
Species Boletus legaliae Pilát, 1968 (a bolete)         2 3
Species Boletus luridiformis Rostk., 1844 (Scarletina Bolete) 2 9       10
Species Boletus luridus Schaeff., 1763 (Lurid Bolete) 2 15 7 2 1 8
Species Boletus moravicus Vacek, 1946 (Tawny Bolete)         1 5
Species Boletus pinophilus Pilát & Dermek, 1973 (Pine Bolete)   2       1
Species Boletus pseudoregius (Hubert) Estadès, 1988 (The Pretender)         1 1
Species Boletus pseudosulphureus Kallenb., 1923 (a bolete)         1 4
Species Boletus pulverulentus Opat., 1836 (Inkstain Bolete)   5 18 2   5
Species Boletus queletii Schulzer, 1885 (Deceiving Bolete)         1 3
Species Boletus radicans Pers., 1801 (Rooting Bolete)   36 14 3 1 3
Species Boletus regius Krombh., 1832 (Royal Bolete)         2 2
Species Boletus rhodopurpureus Smotl., 1952 (Oldrose Bolete)         1 2
Species Boletus satanas Lenz, 1831 (Devil’s Bolete)   3     6 3
Species Boletus subappendiculatus Dermek, Lazebn. & J. Veselsk, 1979 (a bolete)         1 2
Species Boletus subtomentosus L., 1753 (Suede Bolete)   16 16 6   1
Species Boletus torosus Fr. & Hök, 1835 (a bolete)           1
Species Boletus xanthocyaneus (Ramain) Romagn., 1976 (a bolete)           1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Engel, H., 1983 Dickröhrlinge - die Gattung Boletus in Europa
Taylor, A.F.S., Hills, A., Simonini, G., 2002 A Fresh Look at Xerocomoid Fungi

General Works

Taylor, A.S. & Alexander, I., 2005 ((Xerocomus)) The ectomycorrhizal symbiosis: life in the real world

Boletus may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
BOLETALES
(spongecap taodstools and their relatives)
BOLETACEAE
(sponge cap toadstools)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Boletus:

is associate of larva Fannia melania - a lesser house fly (Diptera: Fanniidae) van Emden, F.I., 1954
is associate of larva Mydaea affinis - a muscid fly (Diptera: Muscidae) d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968
fruitbody (liquified) liquified fruitbody is food source of larva Cheilosia longula - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) Rotheray, G.E., 1993
fruitbody (liquified) liquified fruitbody is food source of larva Cheilosia scutellata - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) Rotheray, G.E., 1993
Photos fruitbody (malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing) malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing fruitbody is parasitised by Verticillium anamorph Hypomyces chrysospermus - Bolete Mould (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
Photos fruitbody (malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing) malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing fruitbody is parasitised by perithecium Hypomyces chrysospermus - Bolete Mould (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
Photos fruitbody (malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing) malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing fruitbody is parasitised by chlamydospore of Sepedonium anamorph Hypomyces chrysospermus - Bolete Mould (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by Verticillium anamorph Hypomyces tulasneanus - a fungus (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by chlamydospore of Sepedonium anamorph Hypomyces tulasneanus - a fungus (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by perithecium Hypomyces tulasneanus - a fungus (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
Photos fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by sporangium Syzygites megalocarpus - Toadstool Pin Mould (Mucorales: Mucoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

Boletus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)

References

d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968 Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook
Rotheray, G.E., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe
van Emden, F.I., 1954 Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae

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