CAP: 4-11cm in diameter. Dark olive brown when young soon darkening to a dingy
brown. At first felty becoming
smoother and eventually cracking to reveal coral red flesh beneath.
Convex becoming flat and contorted.
Slightly viscid when wet. STIPE: Lemon yellow becoming buff towards apex.
Reddening from middle downwards. Long
and slender with slight tapering at tip. GILLS/PORES: Lemon yellow becoming greenish/blue with age.
Bruising slightly blue. Large,
angular and wide. FLESH: Creamy yellow in cap, brown to reddish buff in stem.
When cut slowly turning blue above tubes and in base of stem. Taste
slight. SPORES: Snuff brown, subfusiform. HABITAT: Solitary or in small loose groups under broad-leaved trees with birch.
Preference for damp places. SEASON: Common. Late summer to autumn. EDIBILITY: Edible. |
