Leccinum vulpinum

Leccinum vulpinum, commonly known as the foxy bolete,^[3] is a bolete fungus in the genus Leccinum that is found in Europe. It was described as new to science by Roy Watling in 1961.^[4] An edible species, it grows in mycorrhizal association with species of pine and bearberry.^[5]

Leccinum vulpinum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Boletaceae
Genus:	Leccinum
Species:	L. vulpinum
Binomial name
Leccinum vulpinum Watling (1961)
Synonyms[1]
Leccinum aurantiacum var. vulpinum (Watling) Pilát (1966) Krombholziella vulpina (Watling) Šutara (1982)[2] Boletus vulpinus (Watling) Hlaváček (1990)

See also

• List of Leccinum species