1 October 2025 Near Brockenhurst, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Boletus pseudoregius, Butyriboletus fuscoroseus Cap Convex, surface velvety, pink to reddish brown, to about 20 cm across Pores Yellow, bruising blue Stem Club shaped, yellow, pinkish towards the base, covered with a yellow network, all areas bruising blue Flesh Firm, pale in the cap, slowly blueing, lemon yellow in the stem except in the base where it is pinkish Smell Indistinct Taste Mild Season Late summer to early autumn Distribution Very rarely recorded Habitat With oak Edibility Unknown Notes The two collections were made at the same location. A sample from the second collection was DNA sequenced by Eric Janke in association with the BMS confirming the identification. 
1 October 2025 Near Brockenhurst, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
27 September 2014 Near Brockenhurst, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
27 September 2014 Near Brockenhurst, New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |