"It grows in acidic soil, with Fagus sylvatica, Castanea sativa or, less frequently, Quercus cerris, Q. suber and Q. ilex."
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"Habitat gregarious, thermophilic, not rare under Fagus sylvatica and Castanea sativa usually in summer and early autumn (late autumn in collections from Sardinia) but observed also under Quercus cerris, Q. suber and Q. ilex, mainly in acidic soils."
=> description princeps (plus précis)
Vizzini A., Simonini G., Ercole E. & Voyron S. 2013. Boletus mendax, a new species of Boletus sect. Luridi from Italy and insights on the B. luridus complex. Mycological Progress 13(1): 95–109. DOI : 10.1007/s11557-013-0896-4.