Boletus leonis Reid Honiggelber Röhrling Cèpe couleur de lion Boletus leonis Reid Cap 3–5cm, bright sienna or ochre becoming buff, surface covered in irregularly downy patches particularly at the centre, elsewhere smooth. Stem 30–75 x 90–135mm, with rooting base, cream at apex, more ochraceous below. Flesh cream, with lemon-yellow tinge towards stem base. Taste and smell not distinctive. Tubes greenish yellow or lemon yellow. Pores lemon chrome unchanging. Spore print ochraceous citrine. Spores subfusiform to ellipsoid, 9–13 x 4.5–5.5µ. Habitat in parkland with oak. Season autumn. Rare. Edibility unknown. Found In Europe. |