Boletus reticulatus?

[The Magpie]

Hello All,

I found these Boletus on a golf course, see picture for habitat, in June last year.

I've been through lots of books and websites and not come to a definite conclusion but I think they are Boletus reticulatus.

They did not discolour on cutting and were present in various sizes up to a large one with a cap about 25cm in diameter (which can be seen in the bottom right of one picture).

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Cheers,
Tom

[BROCSMAN]

They look like Leccinum scabrum to me.

[mollisia]

Hello,

Leccinum duriusculum.
Boletus reticulatus would have a net on the stipe, no squamules!

best regards,
Andreas

[fairplay]

Originally Posted by BROCSMAN

They look like Leccinum scabrum to me.

Don't you remember all those posts JAJ was bombarding us with over Leccinum duriscalpum and its association with Populus ?

Well those are Grey or White Popular trees in the photo which would have given a clue.

You have not been paying much attention have you.

Neil.

BTW: That's meant purely tongue in cheek.

[BROCSMAN]

I confess I looked at the trees, and thought they looked a bit odd for birch.
D'oh!

Still, I've never seen it, and I don't think it's been recorded in Shropshire.

[The Magpie]

Thanks for all your input.

Looks like they are Leccinum duriusculum then. I had discounted that because my books claim a max cap size of 15cm and there was one much bigger than that, and also because all the ones there had pretty shorts stipe and all the pictures I'd seen showed much longer ones.

But everything else does fit, much better than my original idea did anyway!

[mollisia]

Hello,

Leccinum duriusculum is the one brown capped Leccinum which can have the biggest fruitbodies. They are usually quite stout, firm and heavy. In fact, Leccinum duriusculum belongs in the relationship of the red capped Leccinum species, e.g. L. aurantiacum and L. versipelle

That those you found have a short stipe is due to the short vegetation and the presumed comperatively hard soil they come from. When the soil is sandy, the stipe becomes a tendency for rooting, and when the vegetation is higher the stipes become more elongate.

best regards,
Andreas

[The Magpie]

Ah great info! Yes the grass is kept pretty short in the area and the land is a drained marsh so very heavy.

Thanks Andreas