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Suillus variegatus (Sw.) Richon & Roze, Fl. champ. com. ven.: 178 (1888)

Boletus variegatus Sw., K. svenska Vetensk-Akad. Handl. 31: 8 (1810)
Ixocomus variegatus (Sw.) Quél., Fl. Mycol. France (Paris): 414 (1888)

Habitat: On acidic soil, associated with Pinus sylvestris on heathland, often amongst Calluna in such habitat, and occasionally on decayed conifer wood such as logs and stumps.

Notes: Rather common in Scotland and Wales, occasional but widespread in England, and rarely reported in Ireland.

Distribution: E: o, S: c, W: c, NI: !, ROI: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 54500; Scotland: K(M) 84228; ROI: K(M) 9275

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Phillips, R., Mushrooms and other fungi of Great Britain & Europe: 288 pp. (1981), p. 216-217
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Boletes and agarics (1st part) 3: 361 pp. (1991), p. 84, pl. 52
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Polyporales, Boletales, Agaricales, Russulales. 2: 474 pp. (1992), p. 71
I:, in Bon, M., The Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain and North-western Europe: 352 pp. (1987), p. 49
I:, in Courtecuisse. R. & Duhem. B., Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe: 480 pp. (1995), p. 425
I:, in Krieglsteiner, G.J., Die Grosspilze Baden-Würtenbergs - Band 2 2: 620 pp. (2000), p. 312

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