| Author | Kibby, G. |
| Year | 2000 |
| Title | A User-friendly Key to the Genus Leccinum in Great Britain |
| Series | Field Mycology, Vol 1, part 1. |
| Type | Paper |
| How Complete | All the British species recognised at the time, although several of these have since been "lumped" following DNA work. |
| Source | Field Mycology, Vol 1, part 1. Field Mycology Vol 1 (1): 20-29. |
| Illustrations | Colour 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 The key follows Lannoy & Estades work which is now well and truly superseded - for historical interest only!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 & Comments | Field 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. |
| News | Subsequent 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 Preparation | Fresh specimens, colour changes on cutting, microscopy of cap cuticle |
| Identification difficulty | A few can be identified macroscopically, and the remainder are comparatively straightforward if you do the microscopy |
| Website url | www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/resources.asp?Cat=Keys%20to%20Fungi |
