Species details
Iodine bolete
Hemileccinum impolitum
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Description
A pale to grey-brown bolete with yellow pores and a stem lacking a clear net.
Identification features
The stem base often smells of iodine or phenol; the flesh does not blue or only weakly.
Habitat
Warm deciduous woodland, mainly with oak on calcareous soil.
Fruiting period
June, July, August, September, October
Similar species
- Rooting bolete (Butyriboletus appendiculatus)
- Hemileccinum depilatum
- Caloboletus radicans