Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales Family: Boletaceae
Species: Leccinum holopus (Rostk.) Watling
Synonyms: Boletus chioneus var. aerugineus
Boletus holopus
Krombholziella holopoda
Krombholziella holopus
Leccinum aerugineum
Leccinum holopus f. aerugineum
Leccinum holopus f. nucatum
Leccinum holopus var. americanum
Leccinum holopus var. nucatum
Leccinum nucatum
Leccinum olivaceosum
Leccinum scabrum f. olivaceosum
Common Name: Ghost Bolete


An ectomycorrhizal species
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Leccinum holopusPhotographer: © Stuart Dunlop
Photographer: © Stuart Dunlop

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Betula (4)
Betula pendula (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland and scrub (2)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (2)
Soil Grassy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
September (4)
October (1)