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Leccinum variicolor Watling, 1969 (Mottled Bolete)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Leccinum variicolor Fruitbody 12 October 2001 Berks England 16 1 5
Leccinum variicolor Fruitbody 13 September 1997 Berks England 11
Leccinum variicolor Fruitbody 5 October 1983 North Wiltshire England 5
Leccinum variicolor Fruitbody 22 September 1983 North Wiltshire England 4

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Wright, M., 2000, Leccinum variicolor, Field Mycology, Vol 1 (1): 35 (Colour photograph) Leccinum variicolor

Leccinum variicolor 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)
Leccinum
(a genus of boletes)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Leccinum variicolor is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Betula - birches (Betulaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Restricted Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [on damp soil]

Associated with Leccinum variicolor:

Leccinum variicolor may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
Leccinum
(a genus of boletes)

References

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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