Boletus edulis Bull.
(Penny Bun, Cep)

Interactions where Boletus edulis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/IrelandRestricted Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus edulis/Boletus edulispenny bun, cepfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/BetulabirchesliverootSole
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus edulis/Boletus edulispenny bun, cepfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillowsliveroot
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Salix herbacea Dwarf Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus edulis/Boletus edulispenny bun, cepfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix herbacea/Salix herbaceadwarf willowliveroot
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/IrelandQuestionable Helianthemum nummularium Common Rockrose Malvales: Cistaceae Notes and Records (July 2000), Henrici, A., 2000
Notes and Records (Nov 2010), Henrici, A., 2010
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus edulis/Boletus edulispenny bun, cepfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Cistaceae/Helianthemum nummularium/Helianthemum nummulariumcommon rockroseliveroot
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Foreign Dryas octopetala Mountain Avens Rosales: Rosaceae Notes and Records (Oct 2000), Henrici, A., 2000
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus edulis/Boletus edulispenny bun, cepfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Dryas octopetala/Dryas octopetalamountain avensliveroot
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus edulis/Boletus edulispenny bun, cepfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceasprucesliveroot
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/IrelandQuestionable [Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs] ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus edulis/Boletus edulispenny bun, cepfruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs/Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubsectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubsliveroot

Interactions where Boletus edulis is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
fruitbody fruitbody is parasitised by compact colony of Penicillium anamorph Penicillium brevicompactum Rollrim Mould Eurotiales: Trichocomaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Eurotiales/Trichocomaceae/Penicillium brevicompactum/Penicillium brevicompactumrollrim mouldcompactcolonyPenicillium anamorph Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus edulis/Boletus edulispenny bun, cepfruitbody compact colony of Penicillium anamorph parasitises fruitbody
fruitbody (malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing) malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing fruitbody is parasitised by chlamydospore of Sepedonium anamorph Major Hypomyces chrysospermus Bolete Mould Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces chrysospermus/Hypomyces chrysospermusbolete mouldchlamydosporeSepedonium anamorph Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus edulis/Boletus edulispenny bun, cepmalformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescingfruitbodyMajor chlamydospore of Sepedonium anamorph parasitises malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing fruitbody
fruitbody (malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing) malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing fruitbody is parasitised by perithecium Major Hypomyces chrysospermus Bolete Mould Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces chrysospermus/Hypomyces chrysospermusbolete mouldperithecium Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus edulis/Boletus edulispenny bun, cepmalformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescingfruitbodyMajor perithecium parasitises malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing fruitbody
fruitbody (malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing) malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing fruitbody is parasitised by Verticillium anamorph Major Hypomyces chrysospermus Bolete Mould Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces chrysospermus/Hypomyces chrysospermusbolete mouldVerticillium anamorph Fungus / parasite /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Boletus edulis/Boletus edulispenny bun, cepmalformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescingfruitbodyMajor Verticillium anamorph parasitises malformed, thick stemmed, small capped, rapidly soft and deliquescing fruitbody

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998Microfungi on Miscellaneous Substrates: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 246pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Henrici, A., 2000Notes and Records (Oct 2000)Field Mycology Vol 1 (4): 135-136,144.
Henrici, A., 2000Notes and Records (July 2000)Field Mycology Vol 1 (3): 87-89.
Henrici, A., 2010Notes and Records (Nov 2010)Field Mycology Vol 11 (4): 141-143.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005Boletes and their alliesBritish Fungus Flora, Vol 1, Revised and enlarged edition edition, 173pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh

Boletus edulis (Penny Bun, Cep) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Boletus edulis (Penny Bun, Cep) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBoletus edulis (Penny Bun, Cep)
GenusBoletus (a genus of boletes)
FamilyBOLETACEAE (sponge cap toadstools)
OrderBOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Boletus edulis (Penny Bun, Cep)

Boletus edulis (Penny Bun, Cep) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Taylor, A.S. & Alexander, I. 2005 The ectomycorrhizal symbiosis: life in the real world Mycologist Vol 19 (3): 102-112.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Boletus edulis (Penny Bun, Cep):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 39 images of Boletus edulis (Penny Bun, Cep)
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