SCIENTIFIC NAME: BOLETUS PRUINATUS
VERNACULAR NAME: MATT BOLETE
Fig 1
CAP Up to 10cm in diameter. Dark crimson brown with a hoary finish that is removed when handled. Usually uneven and becoming flatter with age.
STIPE Arises from an apricot coloured mycelium. Lemon yellow with a red base. The stem is covered in an irregular smattering of fine red dots.
GILLS/PORES Pores are lemon yellow and bruise greenish-blue.
FLESH Yellow and dark brown base. Turns slowly blue on cutting. No obvious smell or taste.
SPORES Snuff brown and subfusiform.
HABITAT Deciduous woods especially under beech.
SEASON Rare.  Summer to late autumn.
EDIBILITY Edible but poor. a

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