Leccinum versipelle (Fr. & Hök) Snell
(Orange Birch Bolete)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeccinum versipelle (Orange Birch 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 versipelle (Orange Birch Bolete) :
1: Leccinum versipelle (Orange Birch Bolete)
13 Sep 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
under birch, oak, Salix cinerea
Image 1: CapImage 2: Cap surface - close-upImage 3: Cap undersurfaceImage 4: Cap undersurface - close-upImage 5: FruitbodyImage 6: Fruitbody (2)Image 7: Fruitbody - LSImage 8: Stipe - close up (large file)
2: Leccinum versipelle (Orange Birch Bolete)
6 Oct 1985 OSGR: SU46 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: CapImage 2: Oblique view - in situImage 3: Side view - lain downImage 4: Pores - enlargedImage 5: Cap cuticle end cells - magnifiedImage 6: Cheilocystidia - magnifiedImage 7: Spores - highly magnifiedImage 8: DescriptionImage 9: Description - contd
3: Leccinum versipelle (Orange Birch Bolete)
18 Aug 1978 OSGR: NO06 56° 50’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: East Perthshire (VC 89) Scotland
Image 1: Fruitbody - side view showing stipe - in situImage 2: Fruitbody - side view showing stipe - lain downImage 3: Fruitbody - young - side view - lain down
4: Leccinum versipelle (Orange Birch Bolete)
5 Oct 1975 OSGR: SU84 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Cluster of four fruitbodies
Image 1: Fruitbodies - side view showing stipe - in situ
5: Leccinum versipelle (Orange Birch Bolete)
14 Sep 1975 OSGR: SU75 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Fruitbody - LSImage 2: Fruitbody - oblique view - in situImage 3: Fruitbody - oblique view - in situImage 4: Fruitbody - old - side view - in situImage 5: Fruitbody - side view showing pore surface and stipe - lain down

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Graddon, W.D., Watling, R., Gunnell, J. & Frost, L.C. 1960 British Records 43-57 TBMS Vol 43 (4).
Korhonen, M. 2012 Leccinum versipelle - one species of five? Field Mycology Vol 13 (2): 57-63.

Leccinum versipelle (Orange Birch 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 versipelle (Orange Birch Bolete)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Leccinum versipelle (Orange Birch Bolete)

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