Ruby Bolete
Scientific Name:
Boletus rubellus
Synonyms:
A small to medium sized infrequent Bolete found either solitary or in small groups under deciduous trees.
Confusion Species:
Height:
Cap Diameter (mm):
30-60mm
Cap or Bracket Thickness (mm):
Stem Height (mm):
40-80mm
Stem Diameter (mm):
10-15mm
Distribution:
Infrequent.
Habitat:
Deciduous woodland.
Micro Habitat:
Cap:
Scarlet, convex, occasionally tinged vinaceous with age, cap slightly downy when young becoming dry, smooth and cracking with age.
Flesh:
Buff coloured, thick and soft, no change or a slight bluing above the tubes when cut or bruised
Gills:
Pores are lemon-yellow, turning a greenish colour with age and occasionally bruising greenish. Tubes same colour as pores, depressed or adnate.
Spores:
Brown or olive-green.
Stem:
Pale yellow or buff covered with red fibrils in the lower two-thirds. No ring. The flesh in the stem is a buff colour, turning slightly blue when cut.