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

synonyms: Pulveroboletus lignicole
Boletus lignicola Mushroom
Ref No: 7277
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location: North America, Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: Red or redish or pink, Brown
normal size: over 15cm
cap type: Convex to shield shaped
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent, Simple stem
spore colour: Olivaceous
habitat: Grows on wood

Boletus lignicola Kallenbach syn. Pulveroboletus lignicole (Kalchbr.) Pilat. Cap 5-20cm across, convex with inrolled margin; reddish brown to yellow-brown or rust; subtomentose, floccose at first, then smooth. Tubes decurrent on stem; bright yellow. Pores bright yellow, bruising blue-green. Stem 30-80 x 5-25mm, often eccentric, tapered below; rust-yellow to brown; dry, pulverulent. Flesh firm; pale lemon yellow. Odor faint, aromatic. Taste pleasant. Spores ellipsoid, 6.5-9 x 2.8-3.8µ. Deposit olive. Habitat always on stumps or trunks of conifers, exceptionally on sawdust; often associated with the polypore Phaeolus schweinitzii. Rare. Found in northern Europe and widely distributed in eastern North America. Season July-September. Edible.

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Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 05 November 2008

Pulveroboletus lignicola.Na korzeniach modrzewia (Larix)wraz z murszakiem rdzawym (Phaeolus schweinitzii) Kalisz kaszubski Polska
Boletus lignicola
Mirosław Wantoch-Rekowski (Poland) - 05 November 2008

Pulveroboletus lignicola.Na korzeniach modrzewia (Larix)wraz z murszakiem rdzawym (Phaeolus schweinitzii) Kaszuby-Kalisz Polska
Boletus lignicola
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