Ghost Bolete

Leccinum holopus (Rostk.) Watling

A species in the family Boletaceae, order Boletales. Recorded under 2 common names across 2 languages.

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Classification

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Leccinum

What it is called

English: Ghost Bolete
Welsh: Cap Tyllog Gwyn

Also known as

Older literature may use these names. They all refer to the same species.

Boletus chioneus var. aerugineus Fr.
Boletus holopus Rostk.
Boletus holopus var. aerugineus (Fr.) J.Blum
Boletus scaber f. aerugineus Opatowski
Gyroporus albus Pat.
Krombholziella americana (A.H.Sm. & Thiers) Šutara
Krombholziella holopoda (Rostk.) Pil.
Krombholziella leucophaea var. holopus (Rostk.) Imler
Leccinum aerugineum (Fr.) Lannoy & Estadès
Leccinum niveum s.Funga Nordica, 2012
Leccinum nucatum Lannoy & Estadès
Leccinum scabrum f. olivaceosum (Lannoy & Estadès) A.E.Hills
Trachypus holopus (Rostk.) Konrad & Maubl.
Trachypus scaber f. holopus (Rostk.) Romagn.

Others in Leccinum

Leccinum aberrans Leccinum aeneum Leccinum alaskanum Leccinum alboroseolum Leccinum albostipitatum Leccinum album Leccinum ambiguum Leccinum angustisporum Leccinum arbuticola Leccinum arctoi Leccinum arctostaphyli Leccinum arenicola

Classification and names from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (CC-BY 4.0).

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