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Leccinum versipelle (Fr. & Hök) Snell, 1944 (Orange Birch Bolete)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #notes
Leccinum versipelle Fruitbody 13 September 1997 Berks England 8
Leccinum versipelle Fruitbody 6 October 1985 Berks England 4 5
Leccinum versipelle Fruitbody 5 October 1975 Surrey England 1
Leccinum versipelle Fruitbody 14 September 1975 Berks England 5

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos
Variety Leccinum versipelle var. glandaceum (an orange birch bolete) 3

Suggested Literature

Leccinum versipelle may 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 versipelle 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

Associated with Leccinum versipelle:

Leccinum versipelle 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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