AuthorWatling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E.
Year2005
TitleBoletes and their allies
ISBN1 872291 89
SeriesBritish Fungus Flora
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the British species of "tubulate" boletes (ie excluding hypogeous, resupinate or agaricoid forms) recognised at the time.
SourceBritish Fungus Flora, Vol 1, Revised and enlarged edition edition, 173pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
IllustrationsLine drawings at the back
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Starts with an update to the classification, showing the name changes, new taxa and current classification. This is followed by the key to genera and then the families and genera with generic keys to species, each followed by the detailed species accounts. Line drawings are at the back.

An Ecological List of Species groups the species by life-style and host.

Includes a copy of the BFF colour chart.

[ 'BFF' = British Fungus Flora colour chart ]
Errata, Corrigenda & CommentsBoletus key, p14, couplet 5: beware *B. legaliae* (couplet 7) only turns sky blue not intensely blue so would key to *B. satanas*.
NewsNew updated edition published 2005.
Examine with x8 or x10 hand lens ( Compound Microscope is also useful)
Specimen PreparationCut fresh material for flesh colour changes; microscopy of cap cuticle, flesh, spores etc required in some groups.
Identification difficultyMostly straightforward, although careful microscopy needed in sg Xerocomus

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentBOLETACEAEsponge cap toadstoolsFungi: Boletales
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