Xerocomellus chrysenteron (Bull.) Šutara
(Red Cracking Bolete)

Interactions where Xerocomellus chrysenteron is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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			Betula	birches	Fagales: Betulaceae	Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Xerocomellus chrysenteron/	Xerocomellus chrysenteron	red cracking bolete				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/	Betula	birches		live	root
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Castanea sativa	Sweet Chestnut	Fagales: Fagaceae	Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Xerocomellus chrysenteron/	Xerocomellus chrysenteron	red cracking bolete				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea sativa/	Castanea sativa	sweet chestnut		live	root
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	The Genus Xerocomus - A personal view with a key to the British species, Hills, A.E., 2008 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/Xerocomellus chrysenteron/	Xerocomellus chrysenteron	red cracking bolete				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		live	root		Minor
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Fagus	beeches	Fagales: Fagaceae	Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Xerocomellus chrysenteron/	Xerocomellus chrysenteron	red cracking bolete				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus/	Fagus	beeches		live	root
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	The Genus Xerocomus - A personal view with a key to the British species, Hills, A.E., 2008 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/Xerocomellus chrysenteron/	Xerocomellus chrysenteron	red cracking bolete				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		live	root		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Salix	willows	Malpighiales: Salicaceae	Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Xerocomellus chrysenteron/	Xerocomellus chrysenteron	red cracking bolete				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/	Salix	willows		live	root
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Tilia	limes	Malvales: Malvaceae	Boletes and their allies, Watling, R., Hills, A.E, & Turnbull, E., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Xerocomellus chrysenteron/	Xerocomellus chrysenteron	red cracking bolete				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Malvaceae/Tilia/	Tilia	limes		live	root
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			[Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs]	ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs		The Genus Xerocomus - A personal view with a key to the British species, Hills, A.E., 2008 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/Xerocomellus chrysenteron/	Xerocomellus chrysenteron	red cracking bolete				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs/	Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs	ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs		live	root
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			PINOPSIDA	conifers		The Genus Xerocomus - A personal view with a key to the British species, Hills, A.E., 2008	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Xerocomellus chrysenteron/	Xerocomellus chrysenteron	red cracking bolete				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/	Pinopsida	conifers		live	root		Major
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Cedrus	cedars	Pinales: Pinaceae	The Genus Xerocomus - A personal view with a key to the British species, Hills, A.E., 2008 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/Xerocomellus chrysenteron/	Xerocomellus chrysenteron	red cracking bolete				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Cedrus/	Cedrus	cedars		live	root
fruitbody		fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root			Larix	larches	Pinales: Pinaceae	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/Xerocomellus chrysenteron/	Xerocomellus chrysenteron	red cracking bolete				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza	Relationship uncertain	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Larix/	Larix	larches		live	root

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

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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		fruitbody is parasitised by chlamydospore of Sepedonium anamorph			Hypomyces chrysospermus	Bolete Mould	Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae	Personal Encounters with the Parasitic Bolete, Both, E.E., 2006	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Hypocreaceae/Hypomyces chrysospermus/	Hypomyces chrysospermus	bolete mould			chlamydospore	Sepedonium anamorph	Fungus / parasite			/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Xerocomellus chrysenteron/	Xerocomellus chrysenteron	red cracking bolete			fruitbody		Major			chlamydospore of Sepedonium anamorph parasitises fruitbody

Author & Year	Title	Source
Both, E.E., 2006	Personal Encounters with the Parasitic Bolete	Field Mycology Vol 7 (3): 104-109.
Hills, A.E., 2008	The Genus Xerocomus - A personal view with a key to the British species	Field Mycology Vol 9 (3): Front cover, 77-96, rear cover.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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

Xerocomellus chrysenteron (Red Cracking Bolete) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

Xerocomellus chrysenteron (Red Cracking Bolete) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

BOLETACEAE
(sponge cap toadstools)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Xerocomellus chrysenteron (Red Cracking Bolete)
Genus	Xerocomellus (a genus of fungi)
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)

Xerocomellus chrysenteron is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Boletaceae)
Ectomycorrhizal fungi - fungi that form ectomycorrhizae (via Boletaceae)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Xerocomellus chrysenteron (Red Cracking Bolete)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Cullington, P.	2006	remarkable specimen of Xerocomus chrysenteron…	Vol 7 (4) Page: 110
	Kibby, G.	2002	Illustrations of rare or little known British boletes	Field Mycology Vol 3 (3): 78-83.

Xerocomellus chrysenteron (Red Cracking Bolete) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BOLETACEAE
(sponge cap toadstools)

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)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Xerocomellus chrysenteron (Red Cracking Bolete):

BOLETACEAE
(sponge cap toadstools)

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)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Ectomycorrhizal fungi
(fungi that form ectomycorrhizae)

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

BioImages

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