Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales Family: Boletaceae
Species: Leccinum scabrum (Bull.) Gray
Synonyms: Boletus albus
Boletus avellaneus
Boletus niveus
Boletus scaber
Boletus scaber var. coloratipes
Boletus scaber var. niveus
Krombholzia scabra
Krombholzia scabra var. coloratipes
Krombholziella melaena
Krombholziella roseofracta
Krombholziella scabra
Leccinum avellaneum
Leccinum onychinum
Leccinum pulchrum
Leccinum rigidipes
Leccinum rigidipes f. umbrinoides
Leccinum roseofractum
Leccinum roseofractum f. pulchrum
Leccinum scabrum agg.
Leccinum scabrum f. avellaneum
Leccinum scabrum f. oxydabile
Leccinum scabrum f. subcinnamomeum
Leccinum scabrum s. lat.
Leccinum scabrum s.lat.
Leccinum scabrum s.str.
Leccinum scabrum var. avellaneum
Leccinum scabrum var. coloratipes
Leccinum scabrum var. roseofractum
Leccinum scabrum var. scabrum
Leccinum subcinnamomeum
Leccinum umbrinoides f. rigidipes
Common Name: Brown Birch Bolete


An ectomycorrhizal species
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Betula (63)
Betula pendula (60)
Betula pubescens (15)
Betula jacquemontii (10)
Fagus sylvatica (5)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (28)
Woodland and scrub (16)
Woodland (13)
Woodland: mixed (9)
Parkland and scattered trees (7)
Built up area, domestic (6)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (6)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (5)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (5)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (5)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (5)
Other artificial habitats (4)
Woodland: broadleaved (4)
Bog: raised (3)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (2)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (1)
Bog (1)
Built-up areas (1)
Cultivated/disturbed land: amenity grassland (1)
Grassland: calcareous, semi-improved, upland (1)
Rowan-birch woods (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous, acidic (1)
Scrub: dense/continuous, neutral (1)
Scrub: scattered, neutral (1)
Wet dwarf shrub heath (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, coppice with standards (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural, high forest (1)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, coppice (1)
Woodland: plantation (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (62)
Soil Grassy (31)
Soil Mossy (12)
Soil Leaves (6)
Leaf Litter (2)
Moss (2)
Soil Peat (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (6)
March (2)
April (1)
July (4)
August (34)
September (57)
October (48)
November (17)