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Leccinum holopus (Rostk.) Watling, 1960 (Ghost Bolete)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Leccinum holopus Fruitbody 21 August 1978 East Perthshire Scotland 3

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Kibby, G., 2001, Leccinum holopus, Field Mycology, Volume 2 (3): Front cover Leccinum holopus

Leccinum holopus 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 holopus is associated with:

Photos fruitbody Betula - birches (Betulaceae) fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [esp. wet areas]
Photos fruitbody Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [esp. wet areas]
Photos fruitbody Sphagnum - bog mosses (Sphagnales: Sphagnaceae) fruitbody is associated with Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Associated with Leccinum holopus:

Leccinum holopus 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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