Unidentified Bolete, possibly B. badius

[fairplay]

Originally Posted by thoughttank

How can I send an image of a mushroom to this page???

First read the 'Sticky' re: Is my fungus edible .....

By the way, there WAS some doubt, otherwise our very capable Nick would not have asked the question - despite it being from 2008.

Neil.

[Toonami]

I would be considering B Chrysenteron. Have never seen B Badius with a red streaked stem.

[Andy Overall]

Originally Posted by Toonami

I would be considering B Chrysenteron. Have never seen B Badius with a red streaked stem.

X. badius has a red/brown streaked stem, this can more or less exagerated.

Andy

[lawyerswig]

Could be chrysenteron - but so many types of bolete - more detail needed

[Toonami]

In Badius I always find the pores are really tightly packed, unless there has been severe insect damage. The pores on this specimen have the look of a sponge which is another reason for suspecting it is not a Bay Bolete.

[lawyerswig]

It's defo not a bay bolete

[fairplay]

So, that would leave us with one of that huge list printed near the top of this page. Are we familiar with them all ? I haven't even heard of half of them, but it's all academic now as the question was asked back in 2008 and microscopic notes were probably not made or kept.

Neil.

[flaxton]

The cap of this is very much the same and although the stem is not quite as rosy as Nick's find but I would say pretty close.



Mal

[fairplay]

So is yours Boletus badius var. this, that, or the other Mal ?

Neil.

[flaxton]

Neil
In this case there is no var but hopefully watch out for a photo of luridus var rubriceps in the next edition of British Boletes

Mal