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Leccinum
Leccinum is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae. It was the name given first to a series of fungi within the genus Boletus, then erected as a new genus last century. Their main distinguishing feature is the small, rigid projections (scabers) that give a rough texture to their stalks. The genus name was coined from the Italian Leccino, for a type of rough-stemmed bolete. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in north temperate...
13 branches of this group, most-observed first
Red-capped Scaber Stalk
speciesLeccinum aurantiacum
Orange Birch Bolete
speciesLeccinum versipelle
aspen bolete
speciesLeccinum insigne
Leccinum leucopodium
speciesLeccinum leucopodium
Foxy Bolete
speciesLeccinum vulpinum
Manzanita bolete
speciesLeccinum manzanitae
Leccinum piceinum
speciesLeccinum piceinum
Leccinum monticola
speciesLeccinum monticola
Leccinum subrobustum
speciesLeccinum subrobustum
Leccinum arbuticola
speciesLeccinum arbuticola
Leccinum callitrichum
speciesLeccinum callitrichum
Leccinum serpentipileum
speciesLeccinum serpentipileum
Leccinum cerinum
speciesLeccinum cerinum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1397469.