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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)
BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)
BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)
BOLETALES
(spongecap toadstools and their relatives)
BOLETACEAE
(sponge cap toadstools)
Boletaceae
is also a member of:
Macromycetes
Ectomycorrhizal fungi
Fungi sl.
Lower Plants
(via Fungi ss.)

BioInfo (UK)

BOLETACEAE Chevall., 1826 (sponge cap toadstools)

BioImages BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 924 images of BOLETACEAE (sponge cap toadstools)

NBN NBN (www.searchnbn.net) has the UK distribution map of BOLETACEAE (sponge cap toadstools)

FRDBI FRDBI (www.fieldmycology.net/gbchklst/gbchklst.asp) has the UK and Ireland records of BOLETACEAE (sponge cap toadstools)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #refs #webs
Species Aureoboletus gentilis (Quél.) Pouzar, 1957 (Gilded Bolete)   3 2
Genus Boletus Fr., 1821 (a genus of boletes) 43 63 186
Species Buchwaldoboletus lignicola (Kallenb.) Pilát, 1969 (Wood Bolete)   4 9
Species Buchwaldoboletus sphaerocephalus (Barla) Watling & T.H. Li, 2004 (Golden Bolete)     2
Species Chalciporus piperatus (Bull.) Bataille, 1908 (Peppery Bolete)     6
Genus Leccinum Gray, 1821 (a genus of boletes) 17 34 42
Species Porphyrellus porphyrosporus (Fr. & Hök) E.-J. Gilbert, 1931 (Dusky Bolete)     7
Species Pseudoboletus parasiticus (Bull.) fiutara, 1991 (Parasitic Bolete)   2 2
Species Strobilomyces strobilaceus (Scop.) Berk., 1851 (Old Man Of The Woods)   1 5
Species Tylopilus felleus (Bull.) P. Karst., 1881 (Bitter Bolete)     8
Species Xerocomellus engelii (Hlavácek) Sutara, 2008 (a bolete)   1 7

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Alessio, C.L., 1985 Boletus
Alessio, C.L., 1991 Supplemento a Boletus
Galli, R., 1998 I Boleti
Kibby, G., 2011 British Boletes, with keys to species
Lannoy, G. & Estades A. Les Bolets
Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005 Boletes and their allies
Watling, R., 1970 Boletaceae, Gomphidaceae, Paxillaceae

General Works

Henrici, A., 2002 Update on Roger Phillips' Mushrooms and other fungi of Gt. Britain & Europe, part 4

BOLETACEAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)		 BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)		 BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)		 AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)		 BOLETALES
(spongecap toadstools and their relatives)
Macromycetes Ectomycorrhizal fungi Fungi sl.

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

BOLETACEAE is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Boletaceae listed at higher taxonomic level

FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)
Ectomycorrhizal fungi

Associated with BOLETACEAE:

fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by sporangium Syzygites megalocarpus - Toadstool Pin Mould (Mucorales: Mucoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998,
Robinson, W., 1926

Boletaceae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

FUNGI SS.
(true fungi)		 BASIDIOMYCETES
(spore droppers)
Macromycetes Ectomycorrhizal fungi Fungi sl.

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998 Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook
Robinson, W., 1926 On some features of growth and reproduction in Sporodinia grandis Link
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