Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales Family: Boletaceae
Species: Xerocomus ferrugineus (Schaeff.) Alessio
Synonyms: Boletus citrinovirens
Boletus ferrugineus
Boletus ferrugineus f. citrinovirens
Boletus spadiceus
Rusty Bolete
Xerocomus citrinovirens
Xerocomus ferrugineus f. cinnabarinus
Xerocomus ferrugineus f. citrinovirens
Xerocomus spadiceus
Common Name:


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Xerocomus ferrugineusPhotographer: © David Mitchel
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Fagus sylvatica (2)
Quercus petraea (1)
Quercus (1)
Pinaceae (1)
Betula (1)
Abies alba (1)
Picea abies (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed (2)
Bog: raised (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Wet dwarf shrub heath (1)
Woodland and scrub (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (1)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (6)
Soil Needle (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
August (3)
September (5)