Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales	Family: Boletaceae
Species: Suillellus luridus (Schaeff.) Murrill

Synonyms:

Boletus luridus Boletus luridus var. luridus Boletus rubeolarius Cap Tyllog Llwydfelyn Dictyopus luridus Leccinum luridum Leccinum rubeolarium Tubiporus luridus

Common Name:

Lurid Bolete

An ectomycorrhizal species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (15) Corylus avellana (7) Quercus (5) Tilia (4) Betula pendula (2) Quercus ilex (2) Quercus petraea (2) Picea (1) Tilia x vulgaris (1) Betula pubescens (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Parkland and scattered trees (4) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (4) Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (3) Woodland (2) Woodland: mixed (2) Boundaries: defunct hedge (1) Boundaries: intact hedge (1) Built up area, domestic (1) Grassland: calcareous, upland (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: mixed, plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil Grassy (14) Soil Mossy (4) Leaf Litter (3) Soil (2) Soil Leaves (1)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (4) March (3) June (1) July (5) August (22) September (9) October (2)