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Boletus leonis.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Cèpe couleur de lion, Honiggelber Röhrling
Boletus leonis Mushroom
Ref No: 7275
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Boletus leonis2 Mushroom
Ref No: 7276
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location: Europe
edibility: Poisonous/Suspect
fungus colour: Yellow, Brown
normal size: Less than 5cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Simple stem
flesh: Flesh discolours when cut, bruised or damaged
spore colour: Olivaceous
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on the ground

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.

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