13 October 2005 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Common Name Jersey Cow Bolete Cap Convex, then flattened, smooth when dry, viscid when damp, yellow brown to pinkish, to about 10 cm across Pores Angular, large, ochraceous to yellowish Stem Smooth, +/- equal, yellowish to pale ochraceous Flesh Whitish or yellowish, slowly becoming clay pink, rust-coloured in the stem, firm Smell Pleasant Taste Sweet Season Autumn Distribution Common Habitat With 2-needled pines Spore Print Ochraceous snuff-brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal to spindle shaped, smooth (7-10) x (2.5-4) µm2 Edibility Edible Notes According to Watling and Hills, in British Fungus Flora 1, this fungus is often found with Gomphideus roseus suggesting an association between the two organisms |