id help on 3 boletes please

tapinela · #1 (**permalink**) 29-09-2011, 08:58 AM

3 boletes for id please

no 1/ this was found under beech trees, no colour change in cap or stipe when bruised or broken, smell faintly mushroomy, is this just an ageing B.edulis ?
the stipe does not seem to have the typical bulbous look to it, but i cannot find anything similar,

no 2/ been finding a lot of these small boletes around 2- 3 inches across the cap, which has a velvety feel to it which rubs off when handled,
i have this down as young Xerocomus chrysenteron, but im not at all sure about it,

no 3/ this was found on a grassy path between plantations which contain young conifers (spruce? i think) with lots of young birch on the path edge of the plantation,
i did not notice any colour change or distinctive odour with it,
purely on the colour and because i think there are pinkish mycelium strands on the bottom of the stipe, no ring on stipe,i think this may be B.bovinus ?

any suggestions or corrections would be most helpfull
thanks tapinela

flaxton · #2 (**permalink**) 29-09-2011, 01:05 PM

Plenty on description and a good set of suggestions. B edulis for the first. X chrysenteron is possible for the second but it is important to see the internal flesh for colour and changes to that colour. With the pink mycelium S bovinus is also a good shout. It is supposed to grow with Pine only but if there are small saplings that is all that is necessary.

Mal

tapinela · #3 (**permalink**) 29-09-2011, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by flaxton

Plenty on description and a good set of suggestions. B edulis for the first. X chrysenteron is possible for the second but it is important to see the internal flesh for colour and changes to that colour. With the pink mycelium S bovinus is also a good shout. It is supposed to grow with Pine only but if there are small saplings that is all that is necessary.

Mal

Hi, thank you for your help with these,
if its any help, the one i had down as x.chrysenteron, the cap flesh was a very pale creamy yellow, which only showed very faint greeny/blue where cut, while the stem had pale brownish flesh,

re the bovinus, my conifer id skills are even worse than my fungi ones, so my guess at spruce could be way out, the young conifers were only around 10/12ft in height at the largest,

tapinela.