Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Boletales Family: Suillaceae
Species: Suillus granulatus (L.) Snell
Synonyms: Boletus granulatus
Ixocomus granulatus
Common Name: Weeping Bolete
An ectomycorrhizal species
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Suillus granulatusPhotographer: © David Mitchel
Photographer: © David Mitchel

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Associated Species (where recorded) & number of records:
Ilex aquifolium (1)
Pinus contorta (1)
Pinus nigra subsp. nigra (1)
Pinus sylvestris (1)
Habitat (where recorded) & number of records:
Woodland: mixed, plantation (6)
Parkland and scattered trees: mixed (4)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation (4)
Woodland: broadleaved, semi-natural (3)
Built up area, domestic (2)
Acid grassland (1)
Grassland: acidic, upland (1)
Neutral grassland: semi-improved (1)
Other artificial habitats (1)
Parkland and scattered trees (1)
Parkland and scattered trees: broadleaved (1)
Scrub (1)
Woodland (1)
Woodland: broadleaved, plantation (1)
Woodland: coniferous, plantation, high forest (1)
Substrate (where recorded) & number of records:
Moss (1)
Soil (1)
Soil bare (1)
Soil Grassy (1)
Soil Mossy (1)
Soil Needle (1)
Months recorded in & number of records:
July (1)
August (10)
September (10)
October (11)
November (4)