20 September 2014 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Boletus rhodopurpureus Common Name Bolet vieux rose (Fr) Cap Convex, expanding with age, surface finely felty, smooth with age, lemon yellow to purple red when young, becoming pale clay buff to milky coffee, then pinkish, red or purple, usually with a mix of colours, bruising dark blue, to about 26 cm across Pores Yellow, orange or red, bruising dark blue Stem Club shaped, stout, yellow at the apex, orange to reddish below, decorated with a red to orange red network, bruising dark blue Flesh Firm, pale yellow, dark blue on exposure to air Smell Indistinct or fruity Taste Acidic Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Rarely recorded, more frequent in South Hampshire Habitat On soil in woods with oak and/or beech, favouring warm sites Microscopic Features Spores subfusiform, smooth (10-14) x (4-5.5) µm2. Edibility Unknown 
20 September 2014 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
20 September 2014 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |