Leccinum for ID

[BROCSMAN]

Can someone suggest an ID for this Leccinum? Very pale pitted cap, growing out of the side of a stream bank, under birch adjacent to heathland.

[Chris Yeates]

hi

I can hear Melanie already - have you cut it in half and noted any colour changes (over a period of time)?

Chris

[SheffieldLass]

Originally Posted by Chris Yeates

hi

I can hear Melanie already - have you cut it in half and noted any colour changes (over a period of time)?

Chris

Melanie

[BROCSMAN]

Well, I've just cut it in half... I'll get back to you.

[BROCSMAN]

It seems to be going a bit red...

[BROCSMAN]

Sound of fingers drumming on table...

[BROCSMAN]

Reddish, fading to brown. How long do I need to leave it?

[SheffieldLass]

That rules out a pale Leccinum versipelle which would have gone reddish then very quickly blackish. I think it is very probably a pale capped Leccinum scabrum. I've just run it through Kibby's synoptic key and it comes out as L scabrum too, but also possibly L variicolor, but that one usually has quite distinctive blue-green at the base.

You might just find that blue-green shows up at the base after quite a few hours. So leave it hanging around til the morning and just double check then.

Melanie

[flaxton]

Not variicolor but with those scabrosities I would go along Melanie and say scabrum.

Mal

[BROCSMAN]

No bluing or further significant colour changes overnight, so yes, scabrum.

I didn't know there was a pale form, so another first.

Thanks all.