Suillus bovinus (L.) Roussel
(Bovine Bolete)

Interactions where Suillus bovinus 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 associated with fruitbody Gomphidius roseus Rosy Spike Boletales: Gomphidiaceae Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Suillaceae/Suillus bovinus/Suillus bovinusbovine boletefruitbody Fungus / associate /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Gomphidiaceae/Gomphidius roseus/Gomphidius roseusrosy spikefruitbody
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Major Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae 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/Suillaceae/Suillus bovinus/Suillus bovinusbovine boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pineliverootMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root QuestionableMinor [two-needled pines] 2-needled pines Pinales: Pinaceae 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/Suillaceae/Suillus bovinus/Suillus bovinusbovine boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/two-needled pines/two-needled pines2-needled pinesliverootMinor

Interactions where Suillus bovinus 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
Pinus mycorrhiza Pinus mycorrhiza is parasitised by mycelium UK/Ireland Gomphidius roseus Rosy Spike Boletales: Gomphidiaceae Suillus bovinus in the foreground with Gomphidius roseus in the background, Hall, M. & D.
Fungi, Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005
Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Gomphidiaceae/Gomphidius roseus/Gomphidius roseusrosy spikemycelium Fungus / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Suillaceae/Suillus bovinus/Suillus bovinusbovine boletePinus mycorrhiza mycelium parasitises Pinus mycorrhiza

Author & YearTitleSource
Hall, M. & D., 2010Suillus bovinus in the foreground with Gomphidius roseus in the backgroundVol 11 (1) Page: Front cover
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
Spooner, B. & Roberts, P., 2005FungiNew Naturalist, 96, 594pp, HarperCollins
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

Suillus bovinus (Bovine Bolete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Suillus bovinus (Bovine Bolete) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSuillus bovinus (Bovine Bolete)
GenusSuillus (a genus of boletes)
FamilySUILLACEAE (a family of boletes)
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 Suillus bovinus (Bovine Bolete)

Suillus bovinus (Bovine Bolete) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hall, M. & D. 2010 Suillus bovinus in the foreground with Gomphidius roseus in the background Vol 11 (1) Page: Front cover

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Suillus bovinus (Bovine Bolete):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 21 images of Suillus bovinus (Bovine Bolete)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)