Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Iodine Bolete

Facts
Common Name: 
Iodine Bolete
Scientific Name: 
Boletus impolitus
Cap Diameter (mm): 
50-120mm
Stem Height (mm): 
50-150mm
Stem Diameter (mm): 
20-50
Information
Description: 

Boletus impolitis is an occasional fungus of deciduous woodland, especially Oak in Southern England. It has a pale ochre to light tan coloured cap often with a brown tint to the cap edge.

Distribution: 

Rare

Habitat: 

Occasional in deciduous woodland in the south of England, especially with Oak during Summer and Autumn.

Cap: 

Initially hemispherical, then convex but often flattened in the centre. It is pale ochre to clay light tan in colour, sometimes brown at the edges, initially silky and later smooth, not viscid.

Flesh: 

White to pale yellow and golden-yellow especially above the tubes and in the stem. It does not turn blue when cut.

Gills: 

Tubes are pale-yellow to golden-yellow, becoming yellowish-green with age and do not change colour when bruised, the pores are similar in colour and are small and round.

Spores: 

Brown

Stem: 

Cylindrical witha thickened base, initially the same colour as the cap, later becoming yellow, seldom uniform in colour, often having only a yellow apex. Surface is fibrilose, and often rough with fine dots and lacks a reticulate network. Sometimes has red patches, stripes or dots.

Additional Notes: 

Edible but should not be picked due to its rarity.