The Boletes of Essex
EWT: 96 BS: 97 BS: 93 BS: 86 BS: 98 BS: 94 BS: 99 BS: 100
JS: 101 AM: 21 AM: 105 JS: 110 ShW: 52 ADB: 19 RB [58
locations]
Xerocomus communis It has been collected from Epping Forest and other parts of Essex,
but records are so confused in all national herbaria with X.
chrysenteron that fresh material should be collected wherever
possible. It is associated with oak, and distinguished by its more
brick-red tones, particularly when dry, and, although cracking, it
usually lacks the red tones so typical of X. chrysenteron. The base
of the stem when cut reveals bright carrot-orange flesh, concentrated
in tiny dots. The name is a problem, since this very old name of
Bulliard is based on a plate which could be almost any of a number
of species. A new name is probably therefore required.
Xerocomus ferrugineus 2 GS
Xerocomus lanatus? 78 RB: 8 GS. It is now known that the ammonia reaction on the
cap, formerly used to separate this species, is unreliable, being
present in all species in this group, under the right conditions.
Only two species are now usually distinguished, X ferrugineus
and X. subtomentosus, with records of X. lanatus needing to be
re-appraised and placed in one of these two concepts.
Xerocomus moravicus 51 GK
Xerocomus porosporus 50 GS: 19 RB: 27 LK: 22 ADB: 41 ADB: 76 ADB: 29 EWT: 37
EWT: 62 GS: 129 GS: 8 GS [11 locations]
Xerocomus pruinatus 30 ADB: 11 MG: 13 ADB: 18 RB: 19 RB: 22 ADB [6 locations]
Xerocomus rubellus 42 MS: 79 SW: 56 MG: 48 MG: 27 LK: 13 ADB: 10 ADB:
(= Boletus versicolor) 62 GS: 39 IR: 72 ADB: 80 ADB; 81 EWT: 99 BS: 106 RP:
111 ShW: 75 ADB: 74 ADB [17 locations]
Xerocomus subtomentosus 42 MS: 62 GS: 2 GS: 82 GS: 12ADB:27LK: 18 RB: 19RB:77
ADB: :29 EWT: 56 EWT: 17 EWT: 16 EWT: 38 EWT: 97 BS:
99BS:26BS:22AM:21 AM: 108 ShW: 109 ShW: 110 ShW:
75 ADB [23 locations]
Gazetteer
The following grid references are not necessarily the precise locations for the specimens, but are
intended to help locate the site names on the Ordnance Survey maps.
1 Friday Wood, Berechurch TL 9920
2 Stoneymore Wood, Millgreen, Ingatestone & Fryerning TL 635015
3 Dukes Orchard, Little Baddow TL 7807
4 Stour Wood, Ramsey TM 190315
5 Coptfold Hall, Writtle Park Wood TL658033
6 Lady Grove, Writtle TL 655054
7 West Hanningfield TQ 714996
8 Mill Green Common TL 640015
9 Barrow Wood, High Wood TL 632025
10 Galleywood Common TL 6902
11 Woodham Walter Common TL 7906
12 Little Baddow Heath TL 7906
13 Danbury Common TL 7804
14 Thrift Wood Bicknacre TL 7901
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