23 September 2026 Preston Oak Hills, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Boletus luridus Cap Convex, downy, then smooth, colour variable, pinkish brown, orange brown, yellow brown or brown, to about 15 cm across Pores Large, yellow then orange, rapidly bruising dark blue Stem Club shaped, yellow, decorated with a red network pattern, rapidly brusing dark blue Flesh Firm, yellow, rapidly bruising dark blue Smell Fungal Taste Indistinct Season Late summer to autumn Distribution Infrequent Habitat With deciduous trees, favouring beech and oak Spore Print Olivaceous snuff brown Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, smooth (11.5-15) x (5-7) µm2 Edibility Poisonous unless well cooked 
2 August 2009 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
2 August 2009 Surrey. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |