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Leccinum Gray, 1821 (a genus of boletes)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos #microphotos
Leccinum Fruitbody 1 November 2003 Berks England 2
Leccinum Fruitbody 12 October 2001 Berks England 9 6
Leccinum Fruitbody 19 September 2001 West Sussex England 32 5 4
Leccinum Fruitbody 13 September 1997 Berks England 9
Leccinum Fruitbody 4 October 1980 North Wiltshire England 9
Leccinum Fruitbody 30 August 1980 North Wiltshire England 5

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #notes #refs #webs
Species Leccinum aerugineum (Fr.) Lannoy & Estadès, 1991 (a bolete) 45 5 14   1 2
Species Leccinum albostipitatum (a bolete)         3  
Species Leccinum atrostipitatum A.H. Sm., Thiers & Watling, 1966 (a bolete)           3
Species Leccinum aurantiacum (Bull.) Gray (Orange Oak Bolete)         2 6
Species Leccinum crocipodium (Letell.) Watling, 1961 (Saffron Bolete, Yellow-cracking Bolete) 29 1 4   1 1
Species Leccinum duriusculum (Kalchbr.) Singer, 1947 (Slate Bolete)         1 1
Species Leccinum holopus (Rostk.) Watling, 1960 (Ghost Bolete) 3       1 3
Species Leccinum palustre M. Korhonen, 1995 (a bolete)           1
Species Leccinum pseudoscabrum (Kallenb.) fiutara, 1989 (Hazel Bolete) 8       1 3
Species Leccinum rigidipes P.D. Orton, 1988 (a bolete) 16   9     1
Species Leccinum roseofractum Watling, 1968 (Blushing Bolete) 28 8 8     1
Species Leccinum roseotinctum Watling, 1969 (a bolete)           2
Species Leccinum scabrum (Bull.) Gray, 1821 (Brown Birch Bolete) 24   2 3 2 2
Species Leccinum schistophilum Bon, 1981 (a bolete)         1  
Species Leccinum variicolor Watling, 1969 (Mottled Bolete) 25 12 5   1 1
Species Leccinum versipelle (Fr. & Hök) Snell, 1944 (Orange Birch Bolete) 13 8   5   1
Species Leccinum vulpinum Watling, 1961 (Foxy Bolete) 2       1 3

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Engel, H., 1983 Rauhstielröhrlinge - die Gattung Leccinum in Europa
Kibby, G., 2000 A User-friendly Key to the Genus Leccinum in Great Britain
Kibby, G., 2002 Illustrations of rare or little known Britsh boletes
Kibby, G., 2006 Leccinum revisited: a new synoptic key to species
Lannoy, G. & Estades A. Book/Report

General Works

Henrici, A., 2005 (DNA results summarised.) Notes and Records (Oct 2005)

Leccinum 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)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Leccinum:

fruitbody (liquified) liquified fruitbody is food source of larva Cheilosia longula - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae) Rotheray, G.E., 1993

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

MYCETEAE
(fungi, moulds and lichens)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)

References

Rotheray, G.E., 1993 Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe

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