Boletus luridus Schaeff.
(Lurid Bolete)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Boletus luridus var luridus Lurid Bolete					Variety		24 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Boletus luridus (Lurid Bolete)
Genus	Boletus (a genus of boletes)
Family	BOLETACEAE (sponge cap toadstools)
Order	BOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Boletus luridus is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Boletaceae)
Ectomycorrhizal fungi - fungi that form ectomycorrhizae (via Boletaceae)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Hobart, C. & Tortelli, M.	2007	Notes on a Lime avenue	Field Mycology Vol 8 (1): 5-8.

Boletus luridus (Lurid Bolete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Boletus
(a genus of boletes)

BOLETACEAE
(sponge cap toadstools)

BOLETALES
(spongecap toadstools and their relatives, boletes)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Boletus luridus (Lurid Bolete)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 14 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Boletus luridus (Lurid Bolete)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Boletus luridus is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)