AuthorKibby, G.
Year2000
TitleA User-friendly Key to the Genus Leccinum in Great Britain
SeriesField Mycology, Vol 1, part 1.
TypePaper
How CompleteAll the British species recognised at the time, although several of these have since been "lumped" following DNA work.
SourceField Mycology, Vol 1, part 1. Field Mycology Vol 1 (1): 20-29.
IllustrationsColour photographs on the back cover and small thumbnails used for examples of characters in the main text
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

A well-produced and useful account of this increasingly difficult genus. After a general introduction, the key character states are described in some detail. This is followed by a letter-based synoptic key to species groups, keys to each species group and a short account for each species.

The key follows Lannoy & Estades work which is now well and truly superseded - for historical interest only!

Available for download from the resources section of the BMS website.

Errata, Corrigenda & CommentsField Mycology Volume 1 (2), page 55, gives an update to the key to separate *L. aurantiacum* and *L. populinum* in couplet 4, but for a more uptodate treatment see Field Mycology Volume 7 (4), page 113.
NewsSubsequent DNA work on Leccinum has shown the plethora of new species introduced by Lannoy & Estades to be merely habitat-induced variations.
Examine Compound Microscope
Specimen PreparationFresh specimens, colour changes on cutting, microscopy of cap cuticle
Identification difficultyA few can be identified macroscopically, and the remainder are comparatively straightforward if you do the microscopy
Website urlwww.britmycolsoc.org.uk/resources.asp?Cat=Keys%20to%20Fungi

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationSupersededLeccinuma genus of boletesFungi: Boletales: Boletaceae
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