Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales Family: Boletaceae
Species: Leccinum aurantiacum (Bull.) Gray
Synonyms: Boletus aurantiacus
Boletus rufus
Boletus scaber var. aurantiacus
Krombholzia aurantiaca
Krombholziella aurantiaca
Krombholziella quercina
Krombholziella salicicola
Krombholziella salicola
Leccinum aurantiacum ? rufum
Leccinum aurantiacum f. populinum
Leccinum aurantiacum var. decipiens
Leccinum aurantiacum var. quercinum
Leccinum aurantiacum var. rufum
Leccinum decipiens
Leccinum populinum
Leccinum quercinum
Leccinum salicicola
Leccinum salicola
Common Name:


Swedish Indicator List: Woodland Indicator Species
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Leccinum aurantiacumPhotographer: © Ronnie Irvine
Photographer: © Ronnie Irvine

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Populus tremula (4)
Quercus (3)
Populus (2)
Betula pendula (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (2)
Neutral grassland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (3)
Soil Grassy (3)
Soil Mossy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
August (1)
September (4)
October (3)