Unknown Boletus

[a_px]

Can anyone help identify this Boletus. At first I thought it was B. Edulus, but the cap has cracking and the stem does not seem as bulbous as I would expect with B. Ed.

Found with birch & pine. Dry cap, maggot free, smells like B. Ed.

Thanks

[timhale197200]

Possible Leccinum scabrum, which are usually found under birch, no colour change when cut and has black/brown scales on the stipe. From what i can see from your pictures, this fits the bill.

[flaxton]

The find was very nicely sectioned. You weren't going to dry it to eat were you
I think I agree with Tim Leccinum scabrum.

Mal

[a_px]

Originally Posted by timhale197200

Possible Leccinum scabrum, which are usually found under birch, no colour change when cut and has black/brown scales on the stipe. From what i can see from your pictures, this fits the bill.

Thanks. Do you reckon the cracking on the cap is consistent with Leccinum scabrum? The photos I've seen don't seem to have that, although it seems common in others within the Leccinum genus & other characteristics seem right.

[mollisia]

Hello,

cracking of caps usually is a matter of climatic conditions, not a species character.
The main character of your Leccinum scabrum differing to Boletus edulis, is the colour of the pores! In Boletus edulis of this age they would be greenish-yellow.

best regards,
Andreas

[a_px]

Thanks for that. I had wondered if the cracking might be down to environmental conditions, rather than species specific.

Cheers, Alan.