Hemileccinum impolitum

Hemileccinum impolitum is a basidiomycete fungus of the family Boletaceae, native to Europe. It is commonly referred to as the iodine bolete, because its fruit bodies tend to emit an iodine odour when cut, more detectable in the stem base or overripe specimens.

Hemileccinum impolitum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Hemileccinum
Species:
H. impolitum
Binomial name
Hemileccinum impolitum
(Fr.) Šutara (2008)
Synonyms
Hemileccinum impolitum
Pores on hymenium
Cap is convex or flat
Stipe is bare
Spore print is olive-brown
Ecology is mycorrhizal
Edibility is edible

Like other members of the family, H. impolitum has tubes and pores instead of gills in the hymenial surface of its fruit bodies. It is widely distributed in temperate and southern Europe, where it grows in mycorrhizal symbiosis with broad-leaved trees, particularly oak (Quercus).

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