Leccinum aurantiacum (Bull.) Gray
(Orange Oak Bolete, Orange Bolete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeccinum aurantiacum (Orange Oak Bolete, Orange Bolete)
GenusLeccinum (a genus of boletes)
FamilyBOLETACEAE (sponge cap toadstools)
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)
Records of Leccinum aurantiacum (Orange Oak Bolete, Orange Bolete) :
1: Leccinum aurantiacum (Orange Oak Bolete, Orange Bolete)
12 Oct 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
At foot of Grey Sallow in small copse of Aspen; Birch also nearby.
Image 1: Fruitbody - LS - 05 minutes after cuttingImage 2: Fruitbody - LS - 05 minutes after cutting (2)Image 3: Fruitbody - LS - 0 minutes after cuttingImage 4: Fruitbody - LS - 15 minutes after cuttingImage 5: Fruitbody - side viewImage 6: In situ - side viewImage 7: Stipe - apex - close-upImage 8: Stipe - close-upImage 9: Cap surface - enlargedImage 10: Caulocystidia - from mid stipeImage 11: Caulocystidia - from mid stipe (2)Image 12: Caulocystidia - from mid stipe (3)Image 13: Caulocystidia - from upper stipeImage 14: Caulocystidia - from upper stipe (2)Image 15: Caulocystidia - from upper stipe (3)
2: Leccinum aurantiacum (Orange Oak Bolete, Orange Bolete)
19 Sep 2001 OSGR: TQ13 51° 10’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
under Aspen (ash, hawthorn, hornbeam, birch, Norway spruce nearby)
Image 1: Cap surface - close-upImage 2: Cap surface - close-up (2)Image 3: Fruitbody - mature - LS - 2 hours after cuttingImage 4: Fruitbody - mature - LS - 2 hours after cutting (2)Image 5: Fruitbody - mature - LS - 2 mins after cuttingImage 6: Fruitbody - mature - LS - 5 minutes after cuttingImage 7: Fruitbody - mature - LS - 5 minutes after cutting (2)Image 8: Fruitbody - mature - LS - 5 minutes after cutting (3)Image 9: Fruitbody - mature - LS - 5 minutes after cutting (4)Image 10: Fruitbody - mature - LS - immediately after cuttingImage 11: Fruitbody - mature - side viewImage 12: Fruitbody - mature - side view (2)Image 13: Fruitbody - young - in situ- side viewImage 14: Fruitbody - young - LS - 2 hours after cuttingImage 15: Fruitbody - young - LS - 2 hours after cutting (2)Image 16: Fruitbody - young - LS - 2 minutes after cuttingImage 17: Fruitbody - young - LS - 5 minutes after cuttingImage 18: Fruitbody - young - LS - 5 minutes after cutting (2)Image 19: Fruitbody - young - LS - immediately after cuttingImage 20: Fruitbody - young - oblique viewImage 21: Fruitbody - young - side viewImage 22: Fruitbody - young - side view (2)Image 23: Pores and cap marginImage 24: Pores and stipe apexImage 25: Pores, cap margin and upper stipeImage 26: Stipe base - close-upImage 27: Stipe surface - close-upImage 28: Stipe surface - close-up (2)Image 29: Stipe surface - close-up (3)Image 30: Stipe surface - close-up (4)Image 31: Stipe surface - lower stipe - close-upImage 32: Cap surface - enlargedImage 33: Cap surface - enlarged (2)Image 34: Cap surface - magnifiedImage 35: Stipe surface - base - enlargedImage 36: Stipe surface - mid stipe - enlargedImage 37: Stipe surface - upper stipe - enlargedImage 38: Cap cuticle hyphaeImage 39: Cap cuticle hyphae (2)Image 40: Cap cuticle hyphae (3)Image 41: Cap cuticle hyphae (4)
3: Leccinum aurantiacum (Orange Oak Bolete, Orange Bolete)
13 Sep 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
under aspen, birch, oak
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap surfaceImage 3: Cap undersurfaceImage 4: FruitbodiesImage 5: FruitbodyImage 6: Fruitbody - LSImage 7: Pore surface showing cap margin and bruisingImage 8: Stipe - close-upImage 9: Stipe ornamentation
4: Leccinum aurantiacum (Orange Oak Bolete, Orange Bolete)
30 Aug 1980 OSGR: SU08 51° 30’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: North Wilts (VC 7) England
under poplar; hazel and ash nearby
Image 1: Cap - oblique view - in situImage 2: Fruitbody - LSImage 3: Fruitbody - side view showing pores and stipe - lain downImage 4: Fruitbody - side view showing stipe - in situ - base exposedImage 5: Pores and cap margin - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Cap cuticle elements - highly magnifiedImage 7: Caulocystidia - magnifiedImage 8: Cheilocystidia - highly magnifiedImage 9: Pleurocystidia - highly magnifiedImage 10: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 11: DescriptionImage 12: Description - contd.

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Hills, A. 2000 Leccinum quercinum Vol 1 (1) Page: Front page
Kibby, G. 2006 Leccinum revisited: a new synoptic key to species Field Mycology Vol 7 (4): 113-122, rear cover.
Orton, P.D. 1988 Notes on British Agarics IX TBMS Vol 91 (4): 545-571.
() Reid, D.A. 1965 New or Interesting records of British Hymenomycetes. III TBMS Vol 48 (4): 513-537.
Robinson, K., Burnham, A., Kibby, G. & Ainsworth, M. 2011 Fungi associated with Poplars Field Mycology vol 12 (2): 56-67.

Leccinum aurantiacum (Orange Oak Bolete, Orange Bolete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Leccinum aurantiacum (Orange Oak Bolete, Orange Bolete)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Leccinum aurantiacum (Orange Oak Bolete, Orange Bolete)

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