Phylum: Basidiomycota	Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales	Family: Boletaceae
Species: Xerocomus subtomentosus (L.) Quél.

Synonyms:

Boletus lanatus Boletus leguei Boletus striipes Boletus subtomentosus Boletus subtomentosus var. marginalis Boletus xanthus Cap Tyllog Melfedaidd Leccinum subtomentosum Xerocomus coniferarum Xerocomus lanatus Xerocomus leguei Xerocomus subtomentosus f. xanthus Xerocomus xanthus

Common Name:

Suede Bolete

An ectomycorrhizal species

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records: Fagus sylvatica (19) Betula pendula (19) Quercus (12) Tilia (5) Alnus glutinosa (4) Betula (4) Quercus ilex (2) Corylus avellana (2) Quercus petraea (1) Fraxinus excelsior (1) Larix (1)

Habitat (where recorded) & number of records: Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (6) Woodland: mixed (5) Woodland: mixed, plantation (5) Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (4) Woodland (3) Woodland and scrub (3) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (2) Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (2) Scrub: dense/continuous, neutral (1) Woodland: broadleaved, plantation, high forest (1) Woodland: coniferous, plantation (1) Woodland: plantation (1)

Substrate (where recorded) & number of records: Soil (17) Soil Grassy (12) Soil Leaves (12) Soil Mossy (11)

Months recorded in & number of records: January (2) March (6) May (1) July (2) August (20) September (27) October (9) November (1)