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Leccinum scabrum (Bull.) Gray, 1821 (Brown Birch Bolete)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #microphotos #notes
Leccinum scabrum Fruitbody 1 November 2003 Berks England 12 2
Leccinum scabrum Fruitbody 30 September 1985 Berks England 6 3
Leccinum scabrum Fruitbody 18 August 1978 East Perthshire Scotland 3
Leccinum scabrum Fruitbody 17 October 1971 South-east Yorkshire England 1
Leccinum scabrum Fruitbody 2 August 1970 Surrey England 2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Hills, A., 2000, Leccinum melaneum, Field Mycology, Vol 1 (1): Back cover (Colour photograph) Leccinum melaneum
Phillips, R., 2000, Leccinum molle, Field Mycology, Vol 1 (1): Back cover (Colour photograph) Leccinum molle

Leccinum scabrum 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 scabrum 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 scabrum:

Photos fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by sporangium Syzygites megalocarpus - Toadstool Pin Mould (Mucorales: Mucoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998

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

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

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook
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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