5 November 2005 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Boletus luridiformis, Boletus erythropus Cap Convex, downy then smooth, yellow brown to dark brown, bruising dark blue, to about 20 cm across Pores Orange red to red, rapidly bruising dark blue Stem Stout, yellow and covered with red spots Flesh Firm, yellow, rapidly bruising dark blue Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Common Habitat With deciduous and coniferous trees, favouring birch, sweet chestnut and beech Spore Print Olivaceous snuff brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (11.5-16) x (4.5-5.5) µm2 Edibility Poisonous unless well cooked 
5 November 2005 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |