Boleti
An extensive group of fleshy Basidiomycetes with easily seperable tubes under the cap and a central, occasionally excentric stipe. Forming ectomycorrhiza.
In Britain, more than 90 Boleti species occur, including the genera Boletus (Xerocomus), Pulveroboletus, Tylopilus, Gyrodon, Gyroporus, Boletinus, Leccinum, Chalciporus, Suillus and Strobilomyces.
NB the genus Strobilomyces is now placed within the family Strobilomycetaceae.
Listed taxa:
- Boletus badius, Bay Boletus
- Boletus chrysenteron, Red-Cracked Bolete
- Boletus edulis, Cep
- Boletus erythropus var. erythropus, Red-stalked Bolete
- Boletus luridus var. luridus, Lurid Bolete
- Boletus parasiticus, Parasitic Bolete
- Boletus radicans var. radicans, Rooting Bolete
- Boletus rubellus
- Boletus speciosus
- Boletus subtomentosus, Felt Boletus
- Pulveroboletus lignicola, Wood-inhabiting Bolete
- Tylopilus felleus, Bitter Bolete
- Gyrodon lividus, Alder-loving Bolete
- Gyroporus cyanescens, Indigo Bolete
- Boletinus cavipes, Hollow-stemmed Bolete
- Leccinum duriusculum, Poplar Bolete
- Leccinum quercinum
- Leccinum rufum, Red-capped Scaber Stalk
- Leccinum scabrum, Brown Birch Boletus
- Leccinum versipelle, Orange Birch Bolete
- Chalciporus piperatus, Peppery Bolete
- Suillus bovinus, Cow Bolete
- Suillus granulatus, Granulated Boletus
- Suillus grevillei, Larch Bolete
- Suillus luteus, Slippery Jack
- Suillus variegatus, Sand Boletus