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

Interactions where Leccinum versipelle is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Major Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Leccinum versipelle/Leccinum versipelleorange birch boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/BetulabirchesliverootMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/Ireland Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Fungi of Northern Pine and Birch woods, Orton, P.D., 1986
Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Leccinum versipelle/Leccinum versipelleorange birch boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirchesliveroot
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root UK/IrelandRestricted Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Fungi of Northern Pine and Birch woods, Orton, P.D., 1986
Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Leccinum versipelle/Leccinum versipelleorange birch boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/BetulabirchesliverootSole
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root QuestionableMajor Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Leccinum versipelle/Leccinum versipelleorange birch boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/QuercusoaksliverootMajor
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Questionable [Broadleaved trees] broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Leccinum versipelle/Leccinum versipelleorange birch boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/Broadleaved treesbroadleaved, frondose or deciduous treesliveroot
fruitbody fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root Pinus pines Pinales: Pinaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Leccinum versipelle/Leccinum versipelleorange birch boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus/Pinuspinesliveroot

Interactions where Leccinum versipelle is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
fruitbody may contain larva Foreign Pegomya fulgens a bolete fly Diptera: Anthomyiidae Taxonomic review of the major larval pests of bolete fungi (Boletaceae) in Europe: The Pegomya fulgens, furva and tabida species groups (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), Michelsen, V., 2015
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Pegomya fulgens/Pegomya fulgensa bolete flylarva Fungus / internal feederForeign /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Leccinum versipelle/Leccinum versipelleorange birch boletefruitbody larva feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody may contain larva Foreign Pegomya incisiva a bolete fly Diptera: Anthomyiidae Taxonomic review of the major larval pests of bolete fungi (Boletaceae) in Europe: The Pegomya fulgens, furva and tabida species groups (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), Michelsen, V., 2015
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Pegomya incisiva/Pegomya incisivaa bolete flylarva Fungus / internal feederForeign /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Leccinum versipelle/Leccinum versipelleorange birch boletefruitbody larva feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody may contain larva Foreign Pegomya notabilis a bolete fly Diptera: Anthomyiidae Taxonomic review of the major larval pests of bolete fungi (Boletaceae) in Europe: The Pegomya fulgens, furva and tabida species groups (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), Michelsen, V., 2015
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Pegomya notabilis/Pegomya notabilisa bolete flylarva Fungus / internal feederForeign /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Leccinum versipelle/Leccinum versipelleorange birch boletefruitbody larva feeds within fruitbody
fruitbody may contain larva Foreign Pegomya zonata a bolete fly Diptera: Anthomyiidae Taxonomic review of the major larval pests of bolete fungi (Boletaceae) in Europe: The Pegomya fulgens, furva and tabida species groups (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), Michelsen, V., 2015
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Pegomya zonata/Pegomya zonataa bolete flylarva Fungus / internal feederForeign /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Leccinum versipelle/Leccinum versipelleorange birch boletefruitbody larva feeds within fruitbody

Leccinum versipelle (Orange Birch Bolete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Leccinum versipelle (Orange Birch Bolete) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Michelsen, V., 2015Taxonomic review of the major larval pests of bolete fungi (Boletaceae) in Europe: The Pegomya fulgens, furva and tabida species groups (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)Zootaxa 4020: 1-31.
Orton, P.D., 1986Fungi of Northern Pine and Birch woodsBull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 20 (2): 130-145.
Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005Boletes and their alliesBritish Fungus Flora, Vol 1, Revised and enlarged edition edition, 173pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeccinum versipelle (Orange Birch Bolete)
GenusLeccinum (a genus of boletes)
FamilyBOLETACEAE (sponge cap toadstools)
OrderBOLETALES (spongecap toadstools and their relatives)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Leccinum versipelle (Orange Birch Bolete)

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:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Leccinum versipelle (Orange Birch Bolete):

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