Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales Family: Boletaceae
Species: Leccinum duriusculum (Schulzer ex Kalchbr.) Singer
Synonyms: Boletus duriusculus
Krombholziella duriuscula
Leccinum duriusculum f. robustum
Common Name: Slate Bolete


An ectomycorrhizal species
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Leccinum duriusculum

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Populus (4)
Populus x canescens (2)
Corylus avellana (1)
Populus tremula (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (3)
Cultivated/disturbed land: amenity grassland (1)
Woodland: mixed (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (3)
Soil Mossy (2)
Soil (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
August (2)
September (4)
October (1)