Rubroboletus legaliae (Pilát & Dermek) Della Magg. & Trassin.
(Bilious Bolete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRubroboletus legaliae (Bilious Bolete)
GenusRubroboletus (a genus of boletes)
FamilyBOLETACEAE (sponge cap toadstools)
OrderBOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Rubroboletus legaliae (Bilious Bolete) :
1: Rubroboletus legaliae (Bilious Bolete)
13 Jul 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 young fruitbodies, under Oak
Image 1: Cap fragments - white backgroundImage 2: Fruitbody fragments - white backgroundImage 3: Fruitbody - LS - white backgroundImage 4: Cap margin - enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Fruitbody - side view - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Pore surface - enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Pore surface - enlarged - white background (2)Image 8: Stipe close-up showing network - enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Stipe network - enlarged - white background
2: Rubroboletus legaliae (Bilious Bolete)
22 Aug 2009 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
1 fresh, young and 3 old fruitbodies under Pedunculate Oak
Image 1: Fresh small fruitbody - capImage 2: Fresh small fruitbody - LSImage 3: Fresh small fruitbody - LS (2)Image 4: Fresh small fruitbody - stipe - close-upImage 5: Fresh small fruitbody - underside showing poresImage 6: Old fruitbody - cap - LSImage 7: Old fruitbody - cap - top viewImage 8: Old fruitbody - in situ - oblique viewImage 9: Old fruitbody - lain down to show stipe and pore surfaceImage 10: Old fruitbody - lain down to show stipe and pore surface (2)Image 11: Old fruitbody - LSImage 12: Old fruitbody - LS (2)Image 13: Old fruitbody - stipe apex - close-upImage 14: Old fruitbody - stipe base - LSImage 15: Old fruitbody - stipe - close-upImage 16: Fresh small fruitbody - pore surface - close-up - enlargedImage 17: Old fruitbody - pore suface (bruised patch to right) - close-up - enlargedImage 18: Spores - magnifiedImage 19: Spores - magnified (2)Image 20: Spores - magnified (3)Image 21: Spores - highly magnified

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Kibby, G. & Overall, A. 2007 Readers Finds: Boletus legaliae Vol 8 (1)
Kibby, G. 2002 Illustrations of rare or little known British boletes Field Mycology Vol 3 (3): 78-83.
Mikšik, M. 2012 Rare and protected species of Boletes of the Czech Republic Field Mycology Vol 13 (1): 8-16, rear cover.

Rubroboletus legaliae (Bilious Bolete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rubroboletus legaliae (Bilious Bolete)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rubroboletus legaliae (Bilious Bolete)
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