Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales	Family: Boletaceae
Species: Leccinum scabrum (Bull.) Gray

Synonyms:

Boletus avellaneus Boletus scaber Cap Tyllog Brown Bedw Krombholzia scabra Krombholziella melaena Krombholziella roseofracta Krombholziella scabra Leccinum avellaneum Leccinum molle Leccinum onychinum Leccinum oxydabile Leccinum pulchrum Leccinum rigidipes Leccinum roseofracta Leccinum roseofractum Leccinum scabrum agg. Leccinum scabrum f. avellaneum Leccinum scabrum f. subcinnamomeum Leccinum scabrum s. lat. Leccinum scabrum s. str. Leccinum scabrum var. avellaneum Leccinum scabrum var. roseofractum Leccinum scabrum var. scabrum Leccinum subcinnamomeum Leccinum umbrinoides Leccinum umbrinoides f. rigidipes Leccinum umbrinum

Common Name:

Brown Birch Bolete

An ectomycorrhizal species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Betula (64) Betula pendula (60) Betula pubescens (17) Betula jacquemontii (10) Fagus sylvatica (5)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (30) 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 (32) 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 (35) September (57) October (51) November (17)