Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales Family: Boletaceae
Species: Xerocomellus porosporus (Imler ex Watling) Šutara
Synonyms: Boletus porosporus
Cap Tyllog Llwydfrown
Xerocomus porosporus
Common Name: Sepia Bolete


An ectomycorrhizal species
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Xerocomellus porosporusPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (27)
Fagus sylvatica (24)
Quercus robur (2)
Tilia x vulgaris (2)
Betula (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Parkland and scattered trees (7)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (5)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (5)
Woodland: mixed (4)
Woodland: broadleaved (3)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3)
Boundaries: defunct hedge (1)
Boundaries: hedge with trees (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous, neutral (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1)
Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Grassy (16)
Soil (11)
Soil Leaves (7)
Soil Mossy (5)
Leaf Litter (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (2)
March (4)
July (4)
August (20)
September (14)
October (5)
November (2)