Leccinellum crocipodium

Leccinellum crocipodium is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. Fruitbodies contain a benzotropolone pigment called crocipodin.^[2]

Leccinellum crocipodium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Boletaceae
Genus:	Leccinellum
Species:	L. crocipodium
Binomial name
Leccinellum crocipodium (Letell.) Bresinsky & Manfr. Binder (2003)
Synonyms[1]
Boletus crocipodius Letell. (1838) Boletus tessellatus Gillet (1878) Boletus nigrescens Richon & Roze (1888) Krombholzia crocipodia (Letell.) E.-J. Gilbert (1931) Krombholziella crocipodia (Letell.) Maire (1937) Trachypus crocipodius (Letell.) Romagn. (1939) Leccinum nigrescens Singer (1947) Leccinum crocipodium (Letell.) Watling (1961) Krombholziella nigrescens (Singer) Šutara (1982) Leccinellum nigrescens (Singer) Bresinsky & Manfr. Binder (2003)

Leccinellum crocipodium Mycological characteristics
	Pores on hymenium
	Cap is convex
	Hymenium is adnate
	Stipe is bare
	Ecology is mycorrhizal
	Edibility is edible