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Boletus edulis Bull., 1782 (Penny Bun, Cep)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Boletus edulis Fruitbody 21 September 2002 North Hampshire England 17 3
Boletus edulis Fruitbody 13 September 1997 Berks England 8
Boletus edulis Fruitbody 24 August 1979 North-east Yorkshire England 4
Boletus edulis Fruitbody 5 October 1975 Surrey England 5
Boletus edulis Fruitbody 18 August 1971 East Sussex England 2

Suggested Literature

General Works

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

Boletus edulis 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)
Boletus
(a genus of boletes)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Boletus edulis is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Helianthemum nummularium - Common Rockrose (Cistaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Henrici, A., 2000a
fruitbody Dryas octopetala - Mountain Avens (Rosaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Foreign Henrici, A., 2000b
Photos fruitbody Ectomycorrhizal trees fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Boletus edulis:

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) Major 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) Major 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) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by compact colony of Penicillium anamorph Penicillium brevicompactum - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Eurotiales: Trichocomaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

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

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

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook
Henrici, A., 2000 Notes and Records (July 2000)
Henrici, A., 2000 Notes and Records (Oct 2000)
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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