17 August 2008 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Yellow Cracking Bolete Cap Convex, finely downy, sometimes cracking with age, yellowish, about 4 to 14 cm across Pores Fine, lemon yellow, brownish with age, darkening on bruising Stem Club shaped, whitish to pale yellow, with darker flecks, to about 12 cm high and 3.5 cm wide Flesh Pale yellow in the cap, vinaceous then brick on cutting, greyish in the stem, vinaceous on cutting Smell Pleasant Taste Pleasant Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Frequent in Southern England, rare elsewhere Habitat With oak Spore Print Ochre with olivaceous flush Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to spindle-shaped, (12-17) x (5-7) µm2 Edibility Edible Notes Edible, but should not be collected due to its rarity 
5 August 2006 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
August 2004 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |