SCIENTIFIC NAME: BOLETUS BADIUS
VERNACULAR NAME: BAY BOLETE

Fig 1
CAP 4-14cm in diameter.  Bay brown surface to dark brick colour.  Bun shaped with downy surface which becomes smooth and polished.  Viscid in damp weather.
STIPE Lemon yellow covered with fibrils that are concolorous with cap.
GILLS/PORES Pores are large and when handled readily turn blue/green.
FLESH White to lemon yellow becoming faint blue where cut.  Taste and smell mild and of fungus.
SPORES Olivaceous brown, subfusiform.
HABITAT In mixed woodland.
SEASON Common.  Autumn.
EDIBILITY Excellent especially when young. aaa

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