Which Boletus?

[dmclean2]

Hi guys,
These Boletus were growing just a few metres apart but they look different, the trees arround were birch, could they be the same species or is one a birch boletus?
Duncan

[sarah64]

Hi there, the first one looks like Brown Birch Bolete. Don't know about the second.

[Jesper]

The first picture does look like one of the Leccinum scabrum group. The second picture is hard to be clear about but looks reminiscent of Boletus luridiformis (previously Boletus erythropus) or Boletus luridus to me. Did you pick either specimen and if so was there any blue staining on contact?

Jesper

[dmclean2]

Hi Jesper, Hi Sarah
No I don't pick them, I know that B. erythropus stains blue and is toxic so does B. luridus,
Iv'e still a lot of learning to put in before I pick to eat, I take no chances,
Thank you both for your help
Duncan

[Andy Overall]

Originally Posted by dmclean2

Hi guys,
These Boletus were growing just a few metres apart but they look different, the trees arround were birch, could they be the same species or is one a birch boletus?
Duncan

I think both are Leccinum and most probably scabrum.

Andy