Leccinum versipelle (Fr. & Hök) Snell. syn. L. testaceoscabrum (Secr.) Sing. syn. Boletus versipellis Fr. & Hök Heide Rotkappe Bolet changeant Orange Birch Bolete. Cap 8–20cm, tawny orange, slightly downy at first becoming smooth, dry to very slightly viscid, the margin overhanging the pores. Stem up to 200 x 15–40mm, white or greyish covered with woolly brownish-black scales. Flesh white then dark vinaceous, but blue-green in stem base, finally blackish. Taste and smell pleasant. Tubes white to buff, vinaceous on cutting. Pores small, mouse-grey at first later ochraceous, bruising vinaceous. Spore print ochraceous snuff-brown. Spores subfusiform, 12.5–154–5um. Habitat with birch in scrub or open woodland. Season summer to autumn. Common. Edible – good. Found In Europe.