Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales Family: Boletaceae
Species: Hemileccinum impolitum (Fr.) Šutara
Synonyms: Boletus impolitus
Boletus suspectus
Cap Tyllog Ļodin
Xerocomus impolitus
Common Name: Iodine Bolete


An ectomycorrhizal species
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Hemileccinum impolitumPhotographer: © Mark Wright
Photographer: © Mark Wright

Photographer: © Mark Wright
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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus robur (3)
Quercus petraea (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Parkland and scattered trees (3)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
January (3)
August (1)
September (3)