Boletaceae

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Aureoboletus gentilis Gilded Bolete	Species			3 ident. refs
Aureoboletus moravicus Tawny Bolete	Species			2 ident. refs
Boletus a genus of boletes	Genus	12 subtaxa	72 images	17 ident. refs
Buchwaldoboletus a genus of fungi	Genus	1 subtaxa		3 ident. refs
Butyriboletus a genus of boletes	Genus	4 subtaxa	26 images	5 ident. refs
Caloboletus a genus of boletes	Genus	2 subtaxa	78 images	1 ident. refs
Chalciporus piperatus Peppery Bolete	Species		4 images
Cyanoboletus a genus of boletes	Genus	1 subtaxa	25 images	1 ident. refs
Hemileccinum a genus of boletes	Genus	2 subtaxa	39 images	2 ident. refs
Hortiboletus a genus of fungi	Genus	2 subtaxa	38 images	3 ident. refs
Imleria a genus of boletes	Genus	1 subtaxa	10 images
Imperator a genus of boletes	Genus	2 subtaxa	10 images	4 ident. refs
Lanmaoa a genus of boletes	Genus	1 subtaxa		1 ident. refs
Leccinellum	Genus	2 subtaxa	60 images	4 ident. refs
Leccinum a genus of boletes	Genus	11 subtaxa	337 images	30 ident. refs
Neoboletus a genus of boletes	Genus	1 subtaxa		2 ident. refs
Octaviania asterosperma Chalky False Truffle	Species			1 ident. refs
Phylloporus pelletieri Golden-gilled Bolete	Species		23 images	1 ident. refs
Pseudoboletus parasiticus Parasitic Bolete	Species		56 images	1 ident. refs
Rheubarbariboletus a genus of boletes	Genus	1 subtaxa	8 images	1 ident. refs
Rubinoboletus rubinus Crimson Bolete	Species			3 ident. refs
Rubroboletus a genus of boletes	Genus	3 subtaxa	33 images	13 ident. refs
Strobilomyces strobilaceus Old Man Of The Woods	Species		8 images	1 ident. refs
Suillellus a genus of fungi	Genus	2 subtaxa	24 images	2 ident. refs
Tylopilus felleus Bitter Bolete	Species		44 images
Wakefieldia macrospora a false truffle	Species			1 ident. refs
Xerocomellus a genus of fungi	Genus	6 subtaxa	85 images	7 ident. refs
Xerocomus a genus of boletes	Genus	4 subtaxa	38 images	8 ident. refs

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Alessio, C.L.	1991	Supplemento a Boletus	Fungi Europaei, Vol 2A, Biella Giovanna
	Alessio, C.L.	1985	Boletus	Fungi Europaei, Vol 2, Biella Giovanna
	Galli, R.	1998	I Boleti	287pp, Edinatura
	Kibby, G.	2011	British Boletes, with keys to species	Privately published, 75pp
()	Lannoy, G. & Estades A.		Les Bolets	Documents Mycologiques - Flore Mycologique d'Europe, 6, 163pp
()	Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E.	2005	Boletes and their allies	British Fungus Flora, Vol 1, Revised and enlarged edition edition, 173pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
	Watling, R.	1970	* Boletaceae, Gomphidaceae, Paxillaceae *(Superseded)	British Fungus Flora, Vol 1, 125pp, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office

BOLETACEAE (sponge cap toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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)

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

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for BOLETACEAE (sponge cap toadstools)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 299 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for BOLETACEAE (sponge cap toadstools)

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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)

BOLETACEAE Chevall.
(sponge cap toadstools)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

BOLETACEAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)