Leccinellum corsicum

Leccinellum corsicum is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. It grows in mycorrhizal symbiosis exclusively with rockroses (Cistus species) in Mediterranean Europe and North Africa.^[4] The fungus was originally described as new to science in 1896 by French mycologist Léon Louis Rolland as a species of Boletus. Andreas Bresinsky and Manfred Binder transferred it to the newly circumscribed genus Leccinellum in 2003.^[5]

Leccinellum corsicum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Boletaceae
Genus:	Leccinellum
Species:	L. corsicum
Binomial name
Leccinellum corsicum (Rolland) Bresinsky & Manfr.Binder (2003)
Synonyms[1]
Boletus corsicus Rolland (1896) Leccinum corsicum (Rolland) Singer (1967)[2] Leccinum crocipodium var. corsicum (Rolland) Bertault (1980)[3] Krombholziella corsica (Rolland) Alessio (1985)

The bolete is edible, and is especially appreciated in Portugal.^[6]