Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales Family: Boletaceae
Species: Imleria badia (Fr.) Vizzini
Synonyms: Boletus badius
Boletus castaneus ß badius
Cap Tyllog Gwinau Cleisiog
Ixocomus badius
Xerocomus badius
Common Name: Bay Bolete


An ectomycorrhizal species
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Imleria badiaPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Pinus sylvestris (29)
Picea sitchensis (22)
Fagus sylvatica (21)
Quercus (13)
Larix (8)
Quercus petraea (7)
Betula (4)
Corylus avellana (3)
Pinus (3)
Tsuga heterophylla (2)
Abies alba (2)
Picea (2)
Betula pubescens (1)
Pseudotsuga menziesii (1)
Tsuga (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (17)
Woodland: mixed (17)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (7)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (6)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (4)
Woodland (3)
Woodland and scrub (3)
Woodland: coniferous (2)
Bog (1)
Bog: raised (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (1)
Recently felled woodland (1)
Wet dwarf shrub heath (1)
Woodland: broadleaved (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (49)
Soil Leaves (11)
Soil Mossy (11)
Soil Needle (9)
Soil Grassy (7)
Soil Peat (1)
Stump (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
June (2)
July (1)
August (20)
September (33)
October (31)
November (21)
December (1)