21 October 2009 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Boletus badius Common Name Bay Bolete Cap Convex, expanding with age, downy at first, then smooth, sticky when damp, bay brown, to about 15 cm across Pores Large, pale lemon yellow, bruising blue Stem +/- equal, pale bay brown Flesh Firm, whitish to pale yellow, bruising blue Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Very common Habitat In woods Spore Print Olivaceous snuff-brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to sub-fusiform, smooth (11-15) x (4.5-6) µm2 Edibility Edible, good 
10 October 2006 Buckinghamshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
26 October 2007 Berkshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |