Boletales Basidiomycota Fungi Flora and Fauna

Boletales is an order of basidiomycotic fungi. Members of the order are characterized by having pores or tubes insted of gills. The order includes the genera Boletus, Suillus and Serpula.

• The Boletes of California - An on-line reprint of the book by Harry D Thiers that gives coverage of these fungi.
  
• Suillus placidus - Photograph of this species and an identification guide.
  
• Heimioporus ivoryi - Information on this species, and photographs of the fruiting bodies and spores.
  
• Bolete Index - Photographs of about 30 members of this family, each with a brief description.
  
• Gyrodon monticola - Photograph and the identifying features of this species.
  
• Dry Rot of Wood - Information on Serpula lacrymans which causes this destructive condition, including a photograph of a fruitbody.
  
• Boletopsis leucomelaena - Photograph and information on this stipitate polypore.
  
• Leccinum crocipodium - Photograph of this species and an identification guide.
  
• Calostoma cinnabarina - Photograph and information on this stalked puffball.
  
• Gyroporus cyanescens - Article by Tom Volk on this blue-staining but edible member of the boletus family.
  
• Paxillus involutus - Photograph of this poisonous species and an identification guide.
  
• Scleroderma citrinum - Information and photographs of the Common Earthball.
  
• Xerocomus parasiticus - Photograph of this species growing as a parasite on a Common Earthball, Scleroderma citrina.
  
• Suillus americanus - Article with photographs by Tom Volk on this boletus, commonly known as the chicken-fat mushroom because of its color.
  
• Porphyrellus porphyrosporus - Photograph of this species and an identification guide.
  
• Gyrodon exiguus - Photograph and information on this bolete.
  
• Leccinum scabrum - Photograph of this edible species and an identification guide.
  
• Suillus bovinus - Photograph of this species and an identification guide.
  
• Astraeus hygrometricus - Article by Tom Volk on this earth star, with an animated clip showing how it expands after rain, and the story of a dog that thought this fungus was edible.
  
• Suillus grevillei - Photograph of this shiny yellow species and an identification guide.
  
• Chroogomphus jamaicensis - This species was photographed in the Dominican Republic.
  
• Paragyrodon sphaerosporus - Tom Volk explains why this fungus, sometimes known as the leathery-veiled bolete, is of particular interest, and also indicates how a boletus can be distinguished from a polypore.
  
• Astraeus pteridis - Photograph of this species.
  
• Suillus granulatus - Photograph of this sticky species and an identification guide.
  
• Leccinum versipelle - Photograph of this species and an identification guide.
  
• Austroboletus gracilis - Photograph and information on this species.
  
• Xerocomus badius - Photograph of this edible species and an identification guide.
  
• Chalciporus chontae - Photograph and information on this boletoid fungus.
  
• Gyroporus castaneus - Information on this species, and photographs of the fruiting bodies and spores.
  
• Pisolithus tinctorius - Article by Tom Volk on this fungus, sometimes called the Dyemaker’s Puffball because of its use in dyeing fabric.
  
• Xerocomus - Photographs of several members of this genus.
  
• Xerocomus subtomentosus - Photograph of the Yellow Cracked Boletus and an identification guide.
  
• Alpova diplophloeus - Two photographs and information on this basidiomycetous truffle.
  
• Dry Rot - Mycelia of Serpula lacrymans and damaged timber.
  
• Calostoma lutescens - Photograph and information on this stalked puffball found in Eastern USA and south to Costa Rica.
  
• Leccinum monticola - Information and photographs of this species.
  
• Austroboletus niveus and Austroboletus lacunosus - Photographs of these two species.
  
• Austroboletus subvirens - Information and photographs including a scanning electron micrograph of spores.
  
• Boletellus ananas - Information and photographs including a scanning electron micrograph of spores.
  
• Xerocomus chrysenteron - Photograph of the Red Cracked Boletus and an identification guide.
  
• Boletellus russellii - Information and photograph of this long-stalked species, with a scanning electron micrograph of the spores.
  
• Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca - Photograph of this species and an identification guide.
  
• Suillus - A list of those species in this genus that can be found in California with photographs of 8 of them.
  
• Chalciporus persicinus - This species was photographed in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
  
  

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