Species details
Saffron bolete
Leccinellum crocipodium
Conditional / expert preparation
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Description
A yellowish Leccinellum with yellow pores and a rough scabered stem, bruising reddish and later black; protected in Slovenia.
Identification features
The cap is 5–15 cm wide, yellow, yellow-brown to ochre, often velvety and cracked. Pores are yellow, later olive-greenish. The stem is yellow and roughly scabered; flesh reddens then blackens in air.
Identification checklist
Check the yellow cap and pores, rough scabered stem and the sequence of flesh reddening followed by blackening.
Detailed features
- Cap
- The cap is 5–15 cm wide, yellow, yellow-brown to ochre, often velvety and cracked.
- Hymenophore
- Pores are yellow, later olive-greenish.
- Stem
- The stem is yellow and roughly scabered; flesh reddens then blackens in air.
- Flesh
- The stem is yellow and roughly scabered; flesh reddens then blackens in air.
Size
- Cap diameter
- 5–15 cm
Habitat
Grows with broadleaved trees, especially beech, in warm summers and autumn; relatively rare.
Fruiting period
June, July, August, September
Ecology
- Host trees
- Beech (Fagus)
- Notes
- Grows with broadleaved trees, especially beech, in warm summers and autumn; relatively rare.
How to separate similar species
Hemileccinum impolitum has a smooth stem and its flesh does not blacken in the same way. Expert confirmation is useful for rare yellow boletes.
Similar species
Conservation
- Protected species
- Yes
- Red list
- I – indeterminate category
- Notes
- The species is legally protected in Slovenia under the regulation on protected wild fungi. On the Slovenian Red List: I – indeterminate category.