[janetmacp]

Found 12 August growing in the ground under birch trees. Very solid & quite heavy and surface very pitted. Diameter 5cms. When first cut in two the interior of the stem was dark brown but this lightened up over 24 hours. When cut for the cross section photo there is a thin line of ochre yellow extending from stem and going round part of the circumference. There is a little rusty red showing on top skin.







In the same wood and again under birch I took this other picture which is vaguely similar and might possibly be the same species but at a more advanced stage? The left hand one looks less solid than that on the right but still no gills showing. Neither cap is quite as pitted as the one found by itself. but it is definitely pits not warts showing. The stem is splitting as seen but the base of stem is 12cms wide. General impression of colour is white and I cannot discern any particular smell.