Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Boletales Family: Boletaceae
Species: Boletus chrysenteron Bull.
Synonyms: Xerocomus chrysenteron
Common Name: Red Cracking Bolete
An ectomycorrhizal species
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Boletus chrysenteronPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Quercus (234)
Fagus sylvatica (226)
Tilia (22)
Corylus avellana (17)
Larix (16)
Acer pseudoplatanus (14)
Tilia cordata x platyphyllos (13)
Pinus (10)
Quercus petraea (10)
Betula pendula (8)
Aesculus hippocastanum (7)
Fraxinus excelsior (6)
Pinus sylvestris (6)
Abies procera (4)
Beech (4)
Picea sitchensis (4)
Taxus baccata (4)
Acer (2)
Castanea sativa (2)
Cedrus deodara (2)
Cedrus libani (2)
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (2)
Cupressus macrocarpa (2)
Populus (2)
Pseudotsuga menziesii (2)
Tsuga heterophylla (2)
Acer platanoides (1)
Betula pubescens (1)
Crataegus monogyna (1)
Ilex aquifolium (1)
Quercus ilex (1)
Wellingtonia (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (75)
Woodland: mixed (38)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (27)
Woodland: mixed, plantation (25)
Woodland: broadleaved (21)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (12)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (12)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (11)
Parkland and scattered trees (10)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (5)
Woodland (5)
Other artificial habitats (4)
Woodland: mixed, semi-natural (4)
Boundaries: hedge with trees, species-rich (2)
Woodland: mixed, plantation, high forest (2)
Woodland: plantation (2)
Acid grassland (1)
Acid grassland: semi-improved (1)
Boundaries: intact hedge (1)
Built up area, domestic (1)
Built-up areas (1)
Neutral grassland (1)
Quercus petraea-Betula pubescens-Dicranum majus woodland (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Soil (135)
Soil Grassy (68)
Soil Leaves (56)
Soil Mossy (42)
Soil bare (10)
Soil Needle (4)
Wood (2)
Months recorded in & number of records:
June (3)
July (36)
August (104)
September (115)
October (94)
November (41)