Species details
Matt bolete
Xerocomellus pruinatus
Traditionally edible
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Description
A dark-brown velvety bolete with yellow pores that green on pressure and yellowish flesh that blues slightly.
Identification features
The cap is dark brown, finely velvety and frosted, usually not cracking with age. Tubes and pores are yellow. The stem is yellow to reddish; flesh blues slightly when cut.
Identification checklist
Check the frosted dark cap without characteristic red cracks, yellow pores, slight blue staining, and conifer habitat.
How to separate similar species
Xerocomellus chrysenteron often has a cracked cap with wine-red fissures. Similar boletes require checking cap, pores, stem, and cut flesh.
Habitat
Mycorrhizal mainly with spruce and other conifers, often in upland woodland, from late summer to late autumn.
Fruiting period
August, September, October, November