Species details

Iodine bolete

Hemileccinum impolitum

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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

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