Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales Family: Boletaceae
Species: Leccinum versipelle (Fr. & Hök) Snell
Synonyms: Boletus floccopus
Boletus percandidus
Boletus rufescens
Boletus testaceoscaber
Boletus versipellis
Boletus versipellis var. percandidus
Krombholzia aurantiaca forma percandida
Krombholziella roseotincta
Krombholziella rufescens
Krombholziella versipellis
Leccinum atrostipitatum
Leccinum cerinum
Leccinum percandidum
Leccinum roseotinctum
Leccinum rufescens
Leccinum testaceoscabrum
Leccinum versipelle f. callitrichum
Leccinum versipelle f. cerinum
Leccinum versipelle f. flavescens
Leccinum versipelle var. flavescens
Leccinum versipelle var. glandaceum
Common Name: Orange Birch Bolete


An ectomycorrhizal species
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Leccinum versipellePhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Populus tremula (2)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil Mossy (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
October (1)