SCIENTIFIC NAME: TYLOPILUS FELLEUS
VERNACULAR NAME: BITTER BOLETE
Fig 1
CAP Up to 30cm in diameter. Tan to pale brown starting convex becoming flattened with age and developing a cracked surface.
STIPE The stipe is robust and slightly club shaped. The pale cream background is overlain with a thick dark brown reticulation that stops just short of the pale apex.
GILLS/PORES Pores are whitish becoming a distinct shade of pink with age. Bruises brownish.
FLESH Pale and staining light pink. Tastes very bitter. Aroma unpleasant.
SPORES Pinkish and fusiform to subfusiform. Smooth.
HABITAT Coniferous or deciduous woodland.
SEASON Occasional.  Summer to late autumn.
EDIBILITY Inedible. r

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