Pseudoboletus parasiticus

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Pseudoboletus parasiticus

24 October 2007 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Synonymns

Boletus parasiticus

Common Name

Parasitic Bolete

Cap

Convex, finely felty, yellow brown, to about 10 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

Pseudoboletus parasiticus

24 October 2007 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Pseudoboletus parasiticus

13 October 2008 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.

Pseudoboletus parasiticus

Large specimens. 20 August 2023 Matley, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin.