Record Summary | single old fruitbody on bank at side of forest road under Austrian Pine |
Found as | Fruitbody |
Date | 9 October 2016 |
Associated organism | Pinus nigra |
OS grid ref | OSGR: SY98 |
Lat/Lon | 50° 40’ N, 2° 10’ W |
Vice County | Dorset, VC no: 9 |
Country | England |
Notes:
Could easily be mistaken for an old, rotting Leccinum or Boletus edulis, but hard to the touch when these would be soft and slimy.
Peridium with characteristic blue-black patches.
Height: 17cm.
Spores spherical, pale brown under microscope, but ornament has been largely lost. (The gleba has been entirely eaten so only frass remains.)
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