A smallish bolete with a whitish cap growing either solitary or in groups on soil with Birch.
A rare species fruiting from late Summer until early Autumn.
Woodland with Birch.
Convex, whitish or pale buff, sometimes with a greenish tinge, downy when young, then smooth, matt, cuticle slightly overhanging the margin.
Cap flesh white, thick and firm, unchanging. Stem flesh firm and fibrous, whitish. No distinctive odour or taste.
Pores white, circular, small, dingy with age. Tubes depressed, concolorous with pores, unchanging.
Slender, equal or slightly swollen towards the base, concolorous with the cap, covered with woolly scales that may turn pale brown.
A rare species.