24 October 2007 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Boletus parasiticus Common Name Parasitic Bolete Cap Convex, finely felty, yellow brown, to about 5 cm across Pores Lemon yellow, then rust Stem Tapered, broader at the apex, yellow brown, Flesh Pale lemon yellow, rust in stem base Smell Indistinct Taste Indistinct Season Autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat On Earth Balls, Scleroderma citrinum Spore Print Olivaceous snuff-brown Microscopic Features Spores spindle shaped, smooth (12-17.5) x (4-5.5) µm2 Edibility Inedible 
24 October 2007 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
13 October 2008 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |